Adult cardiac transplantation: a review of perioperative management Part-I.
Ann Card Anaesth
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2009 Jan-Jun; 12(1): 71-8
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-1379
ABSTRACT
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.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Tissue Donors
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Humans
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Heart Transplantation
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Adult
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Perioperative Care
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Young Adult
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Forecasting
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Heart Failure
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Anesthesia
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann Card Anaesth
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
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