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Systematic Review of Outcomes After Noncardiac Surgery in Patients with Implanted Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
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- Elective Total Joint Replacement in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Modern Case Series and Systematic Review.HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery · 2026Article
- Vascular procedures in patients with left ventricular assist devices: single-center experience.Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2021Article
- Trends, Perioperative Adverse Events, and Survival of Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery.JAMA network open · 2020Article
- Is it Safe for Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices to Undergo Non-Cardiac Surgery?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Article
- Management of epistaxis in patients with ventricular assist device: a retrospective review.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2018Article
- Unexpected diagnosis in a patient with a left ventricular assist device: rectal cancer.Archives of medical sciences. Atherosclerotic diseases · 2017Article
- Emergency abdominal surgery in patients with left ventricular assist device: short- and long-term results.Postepy w kardiologii interwencyjnej = Advances in interventional cardiology · 2017Article
- Facilitating noncardiac surgery for the patient with left ventricular assist device: A guide for the anesthesiologist.Annals of cardiac anaesthesiaReview
- Perioperative management of patients with left ventricular assist devices undergoing noncardiac surgery.Annals of cardiac anaesthesiaArticle
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Abstract
The number of patients supported with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) is rising rapidly, and noncardiac surgery (NCS) in these patients presents unique challenges. Given the controversy regarding the safety and timing of elective NCS, we performed a systematic review examining the perioperative morbidity and mortality of NCS in stable patients with LVADs. The published literature was searched using strategies created by a medical librarian. All reports involving five or more patients with implanted LVAD undergoing NCS were eligible for inclusion. One hundred and sixty one patients who underwent 252 surgeries were included from seven studies. Cohort size ranged from 8 to 47 patients undergoing 12 to 67 NCS. Median age ranged from 50.1 to 68 years and 75 to 100% were male. Thirty day postoperative mortality ranged from 6.4 to 16.7%, although four studies reported no deaths. Due to the small number of included studies with relative few patients and widely heterogeneous reporting of outcomes a formal quantitative meta-analysis was not performed. Noncardiac surgery in patients with LVADs appears to be safe and feasible in select patients. Future studies should use standard study design and reporting parameters to facilitate the systematic examination of safety and outcomes for elective NCS in LVAD patients.
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