Elective Total Knee Replacement in a Patient With a Left Ventricular Assist Device-Navigating the Challenges With Spinal Anesthesia

Mark W Fegley; Ragini G Gupta; Nabil Elkassabany; John G Augoustides; Hazel Werlhof; Jacob T Gutsche; Zev N Kornfield; Nimesh Patel; Joseph Sanders; Rohesh J Fernando; Benjamin N Morris

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2020.10.012

Elective Total Knee Replacement in a Patient With a Left Ventricular Assist Device-Navigating the Challenges With Spinal Anesthesia

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2021 Feb;35(2):662-669. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.10.012. Epub 2020 Oct 13.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: yiandoc@hotmail.com.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management, and Perioperative Medicine, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC.

PMID: 33183934
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.10.012

No abstract available

Keywords: bone cement implantation syndrome; knee replacement; left ventricular assist device; pulmonary hypertension; right ventricle; spinal anesthesia; tourniquet.

MeSH terms

Anesthesia, Spinal*
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee*
Heart Failure*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right*
Ventricular Function, Left
Ventricular Function, Right