Key result
Anesthetic management of a 70-year-old man undergoing pneumonectomy with left atrial resection on cardiopulmonary bypass for lung cancer was discussed.
Case Report (n=1)
Describes the anesthetic considerations for a high-risk pneumonectomy with left atrial resection requiring cardiopulmonary bypass.
May guide anesthetic planning in similar high-risk cases; leaves open validation in larger cohorts.
Cases of pneumonectomy plus atrial resection for lung cancer have been reported in the surgical literature, but not the anesthesia literature. To achieve curative resection, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may be necessary. Although CPB may complicate the management of these high-risk patients, these cases should always be undertaken in a center where it is immediately available. Here, we discuss the anesthetic management of a 70-year-old man with left lower lobe lung cancer invading the left inferior pulmonary vein and left atrium.
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Marseu et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Lung cancer invading the left inferior pulmonary vein and left atrium (n=1). Anesthetic management for pneumonectomy with left atrial resection on cardiopulmonary bypass was evaluated. Anesthetic management of a 70-year-old man undergoing pneumonectomy with left atrial resection on cardiopulmonary bypass for lung cancer was discussed.
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