Tetralogy of Fallot is a cyanotic congenital heart disorder and includes ventricular septal
defect, right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (pulmonic stenosis), right ventricular …

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor antagonists
(ARA) are effective and well-tolerated first-line drugs in the therapy of hypertension and …

Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome caused by impaired ventricular performance. It
is the final common pathway for a variety of cardiovascular disease processes, leading to …

Dada la creciente implicación de diversos especialistas en la atención preoperatoria
(debido por un lado a la realización de cirugías menores en el ámbito de la atención …

Ischemic heart disease (IHD) occurs when myocardial oxygen supply is not adequate for
myocardial oxygen demand. It is most commonly caused by coronary artery disease (CAD) …

La calidad de la gestión de los fármacos cardiovasculares durante el período operatorio
condiciona el riesgo cardiovascular postoperatorio. La fisiopatología de las complicaciones …

Circulatory stability is one of the main objectives of the perioperative management of high-
risk patients. Most of these patients are chronically treated with cardiovascular treatments …

Interestingly, hypertension is no longer considered as major risk factor in various scores
used to predict cardiovascular complication or death [2]. In a large recent study on …

A valuable reference for practitioners interested in utilizing the latest operative strategies,
this state-of-the-art text reviews current and emerging topics in the surgical management of …

Background and purpose: Studies have shown that the angiotensin II AT1 receptor
antagonist, losartan, accentuates the hypotensive response in the orthostatic stress test (tilt) …