Evaluation and management of pulmonary hypertension in noncardiac surgery: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

S Rajagopal, K Ruetzler, K Ghadimi, EM Horn… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Pulmonary hypertension, defined as an elevation in blood pressure in the pulmonary
arteries, is associated with an increased risk of death. The prevalence of pulmonary …

2024 AHA/ACC/ACS/ASNC/HRS/SCA/SCCT/SCMR/SVM guideline for perioperative cardiovascular management for noncardiac surgery: a report of the American …

Writing Committee Members, A Thompson… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - jacc.org
Abstract Aim The “2024 aha/acc/acs/asnc/hrs/sca/scct/scmr/svm Guideline for Perioperative
Cardiovascular Management for Noncardiac Surgery” provides recommendations to guide …

[HTML][HTML] A meta-analysis of atrial septal defect closure in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension: is there a room for poking holes amid debate?

CJ Cool, W Kamarullah, R Pranata, ICS Putra… - Current Problems in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with atrial septal defect (ASD)
poses a challenge to a closure of ASD, particularly severe PAH that persists even after …

Right Heart Failure in the Intensive Care Unit: Etiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment

E Tarras, A Khosla, PM Heerdt… - Journal of Intensive …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Right heart (RH) failure carries a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Patients who present
with RH failure often exhibit complex aberrant cardio-pulmonary physiology with varying …

Perioperative management of the vulnerable and failing right ventricle

RC Arora, JK Brown, S Chatterjee, TJ Gan… - Perioperative …, 2024 - Springer
Under recognition combined with suboptimal management of right ventricular (RV)
dysfunction and failure is associated with significant perioperative morbidity and mortality …

ISHLT consensus statement on the perioperative use of ECLS in lung transplantation: Part II: Intraoperative considerations

AK Martin, O Mercier, AV Fritz, TA Gelzinis… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) throughout the perioperative phase of lung
transplantation requires nuanced planning and execution by an integrated team of …

Management of the Critically Ill Patient with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Right Heart Failure

J Granton, R Teijeiro-Paradis - Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2022 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by an increase in right ventricular (RV)
afterload that results in an increase in pulmonary arterial pressure. PH is defined as a mean …

[HTML][HTML] Successful Anesthetic Management for Obese Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease Undergoing Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Bridge to Improved …

P Mieszczański, M Janiak, P Ziemiański… - The American Journal …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: Rare disease Background: Patients with obesity with interstitial lung diseases
(ILD) are encouraged to lose weight, as it improves lung function and lung transplant …

Perioperative decision-making in pulmonary hypertension

AK Jha, N Jha, V Malik - Heart, Lung and Circulation, 2023 - Elsevier
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a haemodynamic manifestation of cardiorespiratory and
non-cardiorespiratory pathologies. Cardiorespiratory pathologies account for nearly three …

Hypercarbia and high-flow nasal oxygen use during anaesthesia–risking a failure to thrive?

GG Pattullo, MD Culwick, Y Endlich… - … and Intensive Care, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Prevention of arterial oxygen desaturation during anaesthesia with high-flow nasal oxygen
(HFNO) has gained greater acceptance for a widening range of procedures. However …