Anaesthesia for surgery in a patient with a transplanted heart.
Five-year survival following cardiac transplantation approaches 50% and such patients occasionally present for non-cardiac surgery. The application of a simple general anaesthetic technique is described in a patient undergoing minor surgery, and the problems involved in managing heart transplant recipients are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000601:surgery*; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000601:surgery*