Controversies in the Postoperative Management of the Critically Ill Heart Transplant Patient.

Shen, Tao; Huh, Marc H; Czer, Lawrence S; Vaidya, Ajay; Esmailian, Fardad; Kobashigawa, Jon A; Nurok, Michael · Anesth Analg · 2019

review · Level V

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Abstract

Heart transplant recipients are susceptible to a number of complications in the immediate postoperative period. Despite advances in surgical techniques, mechanical circulatory support (MCS), and immunosuppression, evidence supporting optimal management strategies of the critically ill transplant patient is lacking on many fronts. This review identifies some of these controversies with the aim of stimulating further discussion and development into these gray areas.

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