Dispositivo de asistencia ventricular - Riesgos

Nombres alternativos

VAD; DAV; RVAD; LVAD; BVAD; Dispositivo de asistencia ventricular derecho; Dispositivo de asistencia ventricular izquierdo; Dispositivo de asistencia biventricular; Bomba cardíaca

Riesgos:

Los riesgos para la implantación de un dispositivo de asistencia ventricular comprenden:

Reacciones alérgicas a los medicamentos (anestesia) utilizados durante la cirugía
Sangrado
Coágulos sanguíneos
Muerte
Infección
Insuficiencia orgánica
Accidente cerebrovascular

Fecha de revisión: 5/12/2008
Versión en inglés revisada por:Larry A. Weinrauch, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Private practice specializing in Cardiovascular Disease, Watertown, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Naka Y and Rose EA. Assisted circulation in the Treatment of Heart Failure. In: Zipes DP, Libby P, Bonow RO, Braunwald E, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 8th ed. St. Louis, Mo; WB Saunders; 2007: chap. 28.

Marx J. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 5th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2002:1099-1110.

Hirsch DJ. Cardiac failure and left ventricular assist devices. Anesthesiol Clin. Sep 2003: 21(3): 625-38.

Yager JE. Left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy for end-stage heart failure. Am Heart J. Aug 2004; 148(2): 252-3.

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