Anesthesia and Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 414-437

  Chassot, Pierre Guy ^a   Bettex, Dominique A ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

adult anesthesia; congenital heart disease; intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONIST; ARGININE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BOSENTAN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DESFLURANE; DOBUTAMINE; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; ISOPRENALINE; KETAMINE; LOSARTAN; MILRINONE; NIFEDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NITROUS OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE III INHIBITOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTANOID; SILDENAFIL; SUFENTANIL;

ANATOMY; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATHETERIZATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CYANOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; ENDOCARDITIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORBIDITY; MUSTARD OPERATION; OPERATION DURATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULSE OXIMETRY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33646910204     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.12.016     Document Type: Review

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