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SUBMITTER: Davis J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7380324 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Davis Jonathan J Sanford Dominic D Schilling Joel J Hardi Angela A Colditz Graham G
ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) 20151101 6
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 wit ...[more]