2024
Essential right heart physiology for the perioperative practitioner POQI IX: current perspectives on the right heart in the perioperative period
McEvoy M, Heerdt P, Morton V, Bartz R, Miller T. Essential right heart physiology for the perioperative practitioner POQI IX: current perspectives on the right heart in the perioperative period. Perioperative Medicine 2024, 13: 27. PMID: 38594738, PMCID: PMC11003027, DOI: 10.1186/s13741-024-00378-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRight heart physiologyPerioperative Quality InitiativePerioperative periodRight heartRight ventricular (RV) dysfunctionHeart physiologyRight-sided heart functionRight heart anatomyRight heart diseasePrevent subsequent morbidityRV dysfunctionPerioperative morbidityChronic health issuesHeart functionHeart diseasePerioperative careHeart anatomyPerioperative cliniciansMorbidityPatientsHealth issuesDysfunctionQuality Initiative
2023
Right Heart Failure in the Intensive Care Unit: Etiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
Tarras E, Khosla A, Heerdt P, Singh I. Right Heart Failure in the Intensive Care Unit: Etiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Journal Of Intensive Care Medicine 2023, 8850666231216889. PMID: 38031338, DOI: 10.1177/08850666231216889.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRight heart failureFailure patientsHeart failureTreatment optionsIntensive care unit settingMechanical circulatory support devicesIntensive care unitCirculatory support devicesCardio-pulmonary physiologyCare unitDifferent pharmacotherapiesUnit settingClinical guidancePathophysiological manifestationsCirculatory physiologyIntensivistsPatientsSupport devicesSupport optionsCirculatory systemHigh rateTreatmentDiagnosisFailureOptions
2012
Anesthesia and Pulmonary Hypertension
McGlothlin D, Ivascu N, Heerdt PM. Anesthesia and Pulmonary Hypertension. Progress In Cardiovascular Diseases 2012, 55: 199-217. PMID: 23009916, DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2012.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary hypertensionNon-cardiothoracic surgeryThorough multidisciplinary planningOperative risk factorsRight ventricular failurePulmonary arterial hypertensionPreoperative risk assessmentCareful intraoperative managementArterial hypertensionPostoperative complicationsPostoperative hypoxemiaVentricular failureCardiac surgeryIntraoperative managementAnesthetic approachEarly recognitionMyocardial ischemiaRisk factorsMultidisciplinary planningHypertensionPatientsSurgerySuccessful managementAnesthesiaHypoxemia
2009
The Emerging Role of Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques for the Treatment of Lung Malignancy in the Elderly
Heerdt PM, Park BJ. The Emerging Role of Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques for the Treatment of Lung Malignancy in the Elderly. Thoracic Surgery Clinics 2009, 19: 345-351. PMID: 20066946, DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2009.06.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElderly patientsLung cancerSurgical techniqueRisk/benefit relationshipPreoperative functional statusHealthy elderly patientsInvasive surgical techniquesNeoadjuvant therapyPerioperative morbidityPhysiologic reserveSurgical candidatesLung malignancyPerioperative stressConventional thoracotomyGeriatric patientsOncologic efficacyFunctional statusPopulation agesPatientsEmerging RoleCancerAgeTreatmentNormal processComorbidities
2008
Practice Patterns in Choice of Left Double-Lumen Tube Size for Thoracic Surgery
Amar D, Desiderio DP, Heerdt PM, Kolker AC, Zhang H, Thaler HT. Practice Patterns in Choice of Left Double-Lumen Tube Size for Thoracic Surgery. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2008, 106: 379-383. PMID: 18227288, DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181602e41.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDouble-lumen tubeFr double lumen tubeLung isolationDLT repositioningThoracic surgeryDouble-lumen tube sizeSized double-lumen tubePilot studyIntraoperative outcome measuresLeft mainstem bronchusProspective pilot studyIntraoperative hypoxemiaAirway traumaTransient hypoxemiaFiberoptic bronchoscopyMainstem bronchusIntraoperative outcomesSimilar incidenceBronchial cuffDLT sizePractice patternsOutcome measuresSurgeryHypoxemiaPatients