Impact of preoperative pulmonary arterial hypertension on early and late outcomes in patients undergoing valve surgery for rheumatic heart disease

Conclusion: Moderate and severe PAH does not affect short and long term outcomes of patients undergoing valve surgery for RHD. Patients with MS with severe PAH had higher mortality compared to those with no PAH.

Source: Indian Journal of Anaesthesia - December 10, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Deepak Prakash Borde Balaji Asegaonkar Sujit Khade Manish Puranik Antony George Shreedhar Joshi Source Type: research