Adult cardiac transplantation: A review of perioperative management (Part - II)

Abstract

Heart transplant is the definitive therapy for end-stage heart failure. This two part review article focussed first on the perioperative management of patients for heart transplantation. This part II will be a comprehensive review of the current status of mechanical assist device therapy for surgical management of the patient with refractory end-stage heart failure.

Keywords

• Artificial heart
• heart failure
• heart transplantation
• anesthetic management
• left ventricular assist device
• right ventricular assist device