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Vasodilation through levodopa for Parkinson's disease may require high left ventricular assist device flow
Author(s) -
den Uil Corstiaan A.,
Friesema Edith C. H.,
Constantinescu Alina A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.14012
Subject(s) - medicine , levodopa , cardiology , parkinson's disease , vasodilation , disease , intensive care medicine
Abstract We report implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) in a patient with Parkinson's disease. Postoperative fluid overload together with insufficient LVAD output in the setting of vasodilation through levodopa likely caused renal hypoperfusion and acute kidney injury. A patient like ours, therefore, requires the highest possible increase of HM3 RPM and LVAD flow early after surgery.