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A Modified Murine Heterotopic Heart Transplant Protocol Matching Contemporary Standards of Aseptic Technique, Anesthesia, and Analgesia
Published on: September 28, 2022
General Anaesthesia and Emergency Surgery in Heart Transplant Recipient
Farshid Ejtehadi1, Sharon Carter2, Lucy Evans2
1Department of General Surgery, The Princess Alexandra Hospital, Essex CM20 1QX, UK.
Abstract:
The number of patients who undergo heart transplant is increasing. Due to surgical emergencies, many of those may require general anesthesia in hospitals where subspecialized anesthetists may not be available. We present a case of a male patient who had heart transplant and required general anesthesia for emergency appendicectomy. Physiology of the heart after transplant, preoperative considerations, and postoperative monitoring has been discussed in our report.
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