2015
Perioperative Management of Pulmonary Hypertension
Goldsmith Y, Ivascu N, McGlothlin D, Heerdt P, Horn E. Perioperative Management of Pulmonary Hypertension. Respiratory Medicine 2015, 12: 437-464. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2636-7_19.ChaptersPulmonary hypertensionPH patientsNoncardiac surgeryPerioperative managementSpecific perioperative managementChronic pulmonary hypertensionRight ventricular failureRight ventricular physiologySeverity of diseaseImpact of chronicPulmonary vasodilatorsPerioperative riskVentricular failurePerioperative careAnesthetic planPostoperative careVentricular physiologyPH centersPreoperative preparationPatient careHypertensionPatientsSurgeryMechanical interventionMultidisciplinary approach
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