Abstract
From uncertain beginnings over four decades ago, heart transplantation is now the definitive therapy for end-stage heart failure. This review will attempt to comprehensively cover the broad gamut of anesthetic, hemodynamic, antimicrobial, immunosuppressive and hemostatic agents used by the cardiothoracic anesthesiologist in the perioperative management of patients with endstage heart disease.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3-21 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Current Clinical Pharmacology |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2015 |
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Keywords
- Benzodiazepines
- Heart failure
- Heart transplantation
- Immunosuppresants
- Opioids
- Volatile anesthetics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmacology (medical)
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics(all)
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Ramakrishna, H., Rehfeldt, K. H., & Pajaro, O. E. (2015). Anesthetic pharmacology and perioperative considerations for heart transplantation. Current Clinical Pharmacology, 10(1), 3-21.