[Anaesthetic management in left ventricular assist device implantation as destination therapy: Our first experience]. / Manejo anestésico en el implante de un dispositivo de asistencia ventricular izquierda como terapia definitiva: nuestra primera experiencia.

Left ventricular assist devices have emerged as one of the main therapies of advanced cardiac failure due the increase of this disease and lack of organ supply for cardiac transplantation. The anaesthetic management is described on a patient without cardiac transplantation criteria. The device was successfully implanted as a destination therapy.