Case Series
Ophthalmic Surgery in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Table 1
Patient characteristics and intraoperative data of patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) that underwent ophthalmic surgery.
| Case | Age/gender | LVAD type | Procedure | Anesthesia | Sedation | Surgical time (mins) | OR time (mins) |
| 1 | 72 /M | Heartmate II | Phaco/Iol | Topical+ intracameral | none | 10 | 57 | 2 | 72 /M | Heartmate II | Phaco/Iol | Topical+ intracameral | none | 16 | 53 | 3 | 73 /M | Heartmate II | Phaco/Iol | Topical+ intracameral | none | 6 | 32 | 4 | 72 /M | Heartmate II | Phaco/Iol | Topical+ intracameral | none | 17 | 32 | 5 | 59 /F | Heartmate II | Phaco/Iol | Topical+ intracameral | none | 10 | 34 | 6 | 59 /F | Heartmate II | Phaco/Iol | Topical+ intracameral | none | 6 | 30 | 7 | 40 /F | Heartmate II | EDTA scrub/keratectomy/AMT | Sub-Tenon’s block | none | 22 | 48 | 8 | 78 /M | Heartmate II | Phaco/Iol/vitrectomy/IVA/ERM peel | Retrobulbar block | none | 59 | 82 | 9 | 78 /M | Heartmate II | Phaco/Iol | Topical+ intracameral | none | 8 | 29 | 10 | 52M | Heartmate II | Phaco/Iol | Topical+ intracameral | none | 15 | 37 |
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LVAD: left ventricular assist device, M: male, F: female, Phaco/lol: phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation, EDTA: ethylenediamine-tetraacetic acid, AMT: amniotic membrane transplantation, IVA: intravitreal avastin, and ERM: epiretinal membrane.
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