Management of perioperative ventricular dysfunction.
With the recognition of the clinical importance of the right ventricle; the development of new techniques for the perioperative evaluation of RV function, particularly transesophageal echocardiography; and new treatment modalities (pharmacologic and mechanical), clinicians will be able to more accurately diagnose and precisely manage patients who have sustained RV injury.
Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8051, USA.
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D001243:Assisted Circulation; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D018754:Ventricular Dysfunction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*