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Vasodilation through levodopa for Parkinson's disease may require high left ventricular assist device flow.

J Card Surg · 2019-03-08

DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14012PMID: 30847947

Open accessJournal Article; Case Reports; case-reportOriginal source ↗

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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.

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