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cord-264327-uzlavmhx	Singh, Rajat	Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a Patient on Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Support	2020-04-17		.txt	text/plain	882	59	44	To the best of our knowledge, we present here the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in a patient on left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support. In the following days, the patient developed progressive hypotension requiring initiation of vasopressor agents, acute oliguric renal failure requiring continuous renal replacement therapy, and refractory hypoxemia consistent with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). While it has previously been shown that prone positioning unloads the right ventricle in ARDS due to improved pulmonary pressures, (1) the use of this maneuver in the setting of LVAD has not been well described and may be adversely associated with increase in RV pressures and subsequent RV failure. This report describes the first known presentation of illness secondary to SARS-CoV-2 in a patient with long-term LVAD support. Cellular immunity impaired among patients on left ventricular assist device for 6 months	./cache/cord-264327-uzlavmhx.txt	./txt/cord-264327-uzlavmhx.txt