Cardiac surgery in patients undergoing renal dialysis or transplantation.
The coexistence of organic cardiac disease and chronic renal failure presents a therapeutic dilemma. Cardiac operations have been performed on patients who were undergoing hemodialysis or who had had successful renal transplantation. There are several aspects of management of these patients which differ from those of the routine cardiac surgical patient. Guidelines for management are outlined and discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D010068:Oxacillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000601:surgery; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D010068:Oxacillin