Pitfalls of anesthetic management with the Impella® 5.0 device: a case series

Abstract Background Impella® is an antegrade left ventricular assist device with a pump catheter in the left ventricle. We report three cases in which we experienced some pitfalls with circulatory management during Impella placement due to new-onset aortic insufficiency (AI) associated with device p...

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Main Authors: Naoshi Hotta, Akito Tsukinaga, Kenji Yoshitani, Yoshihiko Ohnishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-03-01
Series:JA Clinical Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40981-020-00324-9