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

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.