Adult cardiac transplantation: a review of perioperative management Part-I.
Cardiac allotransplantation has, over the years, become the established therapeutic modality for patients with end-stage heart failure. Significant advances in immunosuppressive therapy have dramatically improved the outcome of heart transplantation over the past four decades. This review will focus on the anaesthetic challenges involved in the perioperative management of these complex patients as well as some of the proposed alternatives to transplantation.
Ramakrishna
Harish
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Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology Division, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. ramakrishna.harish@mayo.edu
Jaroszewski
Dawn E
DE
Arabia
Francisco A
FA
D000328:Adult; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D005544:Forecasting; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D014019:Tissue Donors; D055815:Young Adult