title: Monitoring and perioperative intervention in the postoperative patient with heart disease.
abstract: The perioperative care of patients with preexisting cardiac disease is smoothest and easiest when preoperative assessment has identified patients at risk, and when such patients are invasively and intensively monitored in the postoperative period. Using real-time measurements of cardiovascular functions permits the physician to rationally decide on a course of drug support. Several clinical situations are presented in order to illustrate the relevance of these measurements for the management of the patient.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents