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Chapter 38 - Post Orthotopic Cardiac Transplantation

from Section 6 - Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Transplantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2021

Laura K. Berenstain
Affiliation:
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
James P. Spaeth
Affiliation:
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
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Summary

Approximately 55% of infants <1 year of age listed for heart transplantation have complex congenital heart disease. In contrast, 44% to 54% of older children listed for transplantation have cardiomyopathy, with the percentage transplanted for congenital heart disease decreasing steadily with increasing patient age. Graft failure, rejection, infection, and coronary allograft vasculopathy are all major causes of death within the first 5 years post-transplant. Due to the interruption of the cardiac plexus and the inability for conduction to cross suture lines, the autonomic nervous system efferent limbs are compromised. The resting heart rate of a transplanted patient is generally higher compared to the normal innervated heart but maintains similar minimum and maximum rates. The normal response to exercise and stress occurs at a delay compared to the innervated heart, as it follows the gradual increase in serum catecholamines, which takes several minutes to generate. This chapter details the perioperative considerations for and management of a patient post heart transplant presenting for noncardiac surgery.

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Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia
A Case-based Approach
, pp. 290 - 298
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Dipchand, A. I. Current state of pediatric cardiac transplantation. Ann Cardiothorac Surg 2018; 7: 3155.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Jurgens, P. and Ambardekar, A. Non-cardiac surgery is common in cardiac transplanted recipients and has a similar complication rate as the general population. J Card Fail 2017; 23: S126–7.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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