Impact of preoperative pulmonary arterial hypertension on early and late outcomes in patients undergoing valve surgery for rheumatic heart disease

Impact of preoperative pulmonary arterial hypertension on early and late outcomes in patients undergoing valve surgery for rheumatic heart disease

Background and Aims: There is conflicting evidence on adverse effect of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) on outcomes after cardiac surgery for rheumatic heart disease (RHD). The authors studied Indian patients with RHD and preoperative PAH, who undergo cardiac surgery with a hypothesis that the...

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Main Authors: Deepak Prakash Borde, Balaji Asegaonkar, Sujit Khade, Manish Puranik, Antony George, Shreedhar Joshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Indian
pulmonary hypertension
rheumatic heart disease
Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2018;volume=62;issue=12;spage=963;epage=971;aulast=Borde

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