Fig. 20.1 Flow diagram detailing pre-transplant cardiac workup in renal recipients All renal recipients must have a preoperative ECG during their workup. Abnormal results warrant additional cardiac evaluation. The type…
1902 Vienna Medical School Austria: Kidney transplantation in animals • Dr. Emerich Ullman: Autotransplant in a dog from normal position to vessels in the neck • Dr. Alfred von Decastello:…
Cause End diastolic area End systolic area Contractility Other findings Hypovolaemia ↓↓ ↓ Normal Vasoplegia Normal ↓↓ Normal LV dysfunction Normal or ↑ ↑ ↓↓ If severe, spontaneous echo contrast…
Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy 54 % Ischemic Cardiomyopathy 37 % Congenital Anomalies 2.9 % Valvular Cardiomyopathy 2.8 % Re-transplantation 2.5 % Other causes 0.9 % Data from Lund et al. [4] Table…
Fig. 6.1 Critical pathway for the organ donor (Reprinted with permission from the United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA, 2013) Treatment of hemodynamic instability in brain-dead multiorgan donors can…
Fig. 10.1 (a) Cardiac tamponade in lung transplant recipient with oversized allografts (during expiratory phase of the ventilatory cycle). Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) image obtained at mid-esophageal level depicting the right…
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease BODE index of at least 7 or at least 1 of the following: • FEV1 < 20 % predicted and either DLCO < 20 % predicted or…
, Corinna Eleni Psomadakis2 and Bobby Buka3 (1) Department of Family Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Attending Mount Sinai Doctors/Beth Israel Medical Group-Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, USA (2) School of Medicine Imperial College…
, Corinna Eleni Psomadakis2 and Bobby Buka3 (1) Department of Family Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Attending Mount Sinai Doctors/Beth Israel Medical Group-Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, USA (2) School of Medicine Imperial College…
