Cardiovascular Diseases And Liver Transplantation (cardiology Research And Clinical Developments)

With approximately 8,000 liver transplant operations per year worldwide, this surgical procedure has become relatively routine. Improvements in surgical and anesthetic techniques and immunosuppression have resulted in improved outcomes, but cardiovascular events and sepsis remain the principal obstacles to further lowering morbidity and mortality rates. Consequently, cardiovascular assessment and optimization are of increased interest to anesthetists and other professionals involved in liver transplant programs. This book summarizes the current knowledge on preoperative hemodynamic profiling and cardiovascular assessment of patients awaiting liver transplantation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Book Review------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This book has been reviewed in the following publication. To read the review, click on the corresponding link below: American Journal of Transplantation - Reviewed by R.H. Steadman, Department of Anesthesiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Haemodynamic profile of patients with end-stage liver disease / Søren Møller and Jens H. Henriksen Coronary artery disease and liver transplantation / James Y. Findlay Cardiac arrythmias and liver transplantation / Andrea Vannucci and Ivan Kangrga Valvular heart disease and liver transplantation / Andrew I. Gardner and Neville M. Gibbs Pulmonary hypertension and liver transplantation / Michael Ramsay Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomypathy in liver transplant patients / Paco E. Bravo and Fadi G. Hage Obesity and liver transplantation / Paul J. Thuluvath Liver disease and chronic advanced heart failure / Jill M. Gellow and Askay S. Dessai Combined cardiac surgery and liver transplantation / Eugenia Raichlin ... [et al.] Previous chemotherapy and cardiac function / Wafaa Abdel-Haidi Cardiopulmonary consequences of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts / Florence Wong Hepatopulmonary syndrome / Pascal Fauconnet ... [et al.] Pre-operative assessment of cardiovascular function before liver transplantation : a practical approach / James Y. Findlay A role of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in defining cardiopulmonary function before liver transplantation / James Prentis and Chris Snowden Pharmacotherapy of cardiac dysfunction in liver transplant patients / Dina Jankovic Cardiovascular monitoring during liver transplantation / Giorgio Della Rocca, Maria Gabriella Costa, and Zoka Milan Cardiovascular profile and cardiac complications following liver transplantation / Aileen Smith ... [et al.].