Prolonged Postoperative Vasoplegia in Pediatric Patients on Chronic Angiotensin II Blocker Treatment

Prolonged postoperative vasoplegia is known to occur following cardiac surgery in patients on chronic angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) treatment in adults. The perioperative management of these drugs in the pediatric population is not well described and here we would like to highlight this fact...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Main Authors:	Nischal R. Pandya, Nelson Alphonso, Quyen Tu, Prem Venugopal, Luregn J. Schlapbach
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Subjects:	angiotensin blocker pediatric antihypertensive cardiac surgery vasoplegia
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcvm.2018.00121/full