[Patients with implanted ventricular assist devices : Challenge for emergency medicine].

This article presents an overview of the most common problems and pitfalls regarding VADs. It also presents an algorithm for dealing with emergencies involving these patients including the diagnostics, treatment and primary transport.
PMID: 25870001 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Der Anaesthesist - April 14, 2015 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Bunz M, Kerscher C, Foltan M, Rupprecht L, Graf BM, Zausig YA Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research