The right ventricle in cardiac surgery, a perioperative perspective: Ii. pathophysiology, clinical importance, and management

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 422-433

  Haddad, François ^a,b   Couture, Pierre ^a   Tousignant, Claude ^c   Denault, André Y ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; ENOXIMONE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN LYASE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ILOPROST; INOTROPIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; LEVOSIMENDAN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; MILRINONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROSTACYCLIN; PROTAMINE; SILDENAFIL; VASODILATOR AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ANESTHETICS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 59649123276     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31818d8b92     Document Type: Review

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