title: Anesthetic management of high-risk cardiac patients undergoing noncardiac surgery under the support of intraaortic balloon pump.
abstract: Patients with severely impaired left ventricular function, an uncorrectable coronary artery disease, and a recent myocardial infarction are at high risk of cardiac complications after major noncardiac surgery. We present two patients with extensive three-vessel coronary artery disease who underwent intraperitoneal surgery under the support of intraaortic balloon pump (IABP). In one patient, the IABP was inserted urgently because of the development of chest pain with significant ST depression on arrival in the operating room, and the other patient was managed with prophylactic IABP. There were no intraoperative or postoperative cardiac events in either patient. Thus, IABP should be considered in the perioperative management of patients with severe cardiac diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Masaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takinami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kurata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kagaya
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000150:complications; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D003082:Colectomy; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications*; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012307:Risk Factors; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D005996:Nitroglycerin