Open AccessControversies in the Postoperative Management of the Critically Ill Heart Transplant Patient
Author(s) -
Tao Shen,
Marc Huh,
L. Czer,
A.S. Vaidya,
F. Esmailian,
Jon A. Kobashigawa,
Michael Nurok
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000004220
Subject(s) - medicine , critically ill , intensive care medicine , immunosuppression , heart transplantation , surgery , transplantation
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.