title: Anesthetic considerations of cardiovascular risk during electroconvulsive therapy.
abstract: This article focuses on anesthetic considerations of cardiovascular risk for electroconvulsive (ECT) therapy. Preoperative evaluation, intraoperative management, and postoperative care are reviewed. Although the anesthetic risk to ECT patients is quite low, elderly patients or those presenting with known cardiovascular disease may be at increased risk and need special intervention or management during ECT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, The Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1009, U.S.A.
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Dolinski
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Zvara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012306:Risk