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
Case report: paradoxical ventricular septal motion in the setting of primary right ventricular myocardial failure
Maslow A, Schwartz C, Mahmood F, Singh A, Heerdt PM. Case report: paradoxical ventricular septal motion in the setting of primary right ventricular myocardial failure. Journal Canadien D'anesthésie 2009, 56: 510-517. PMID: 19475470, DOI: 10.1007/s12630-009-9108-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRV myocardial tissueRV ejectionSystemic hypotensionSeptal motionParadoxical ventricular septal motionMyocardial tissueRV fractional areaVentricular septal motionEnd-organ dysfunctionRight heart failureRight ventricular failureMitral valve replacementVentricular systolic functionEarly postoperative periodSystemic organ failureSystemic organ functionSystolic septal motionMultiple inotropesVasopressor administrationVentricular failureEchocardiographic evaluationHemodynamic instabilityInotropic medicationsPostoperative periodSystolic function