TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Ventricular Assist Devices and Heart Transplantation A1 - Wasnick, John D. A1 - Nicoara, Alina Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Cardiac Anesthesia and Transesophageal Echocardiography, 2e AB - Adult heart surgery patients are increasingly older with varying degrees of preoperative ventricular failure. Patients routinely present with both systolic and diastolic ventricular dysfunction, ventricular remodeling, fluid retention, and pulmonary congestion. Additionally, even those patients with well-preserved preoperative ventricular function can deteriorate intraoperatively secondary to inadequate myocardial preservation, embolism, myocardial ischemia, protamine reactions, and other “catastrophic” events (e.g., anaphylaxis and aortic dissection). Of course, the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing intra-operative right or left ventricular failure can be treated with a combination of inotropes and/or inhaled pulmonary vasodilators. However, others lack sufficient ventricular function to provide adequate delivery of oxygenated blood to the tissues. Such patients readily develop kidney dysfunction, acidosis, and cardiogenic shock unless provided mechanical assistance to support or replace the heart’s pump function. This chapter reviews the anesthetic management of patients in need of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation (IABP), ventricular assist devices (VADs), and heart transplantation (HT). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166981082 ER -