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.
Griffin
M J
MJ
Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8051, USA.
Hines
R L
RL
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*