S8 Ep. 9: The long and winding road, part 2 (Anaesthesia for post-heart-transplant patients)

Today, in part 2 of our 2 part series on anaesthesia for previous heart transplant recipients, we discuss the care of these patients for non-cardiac surgery with special guest, Dr Ivan Rapchuk.

We begin by covering the electrophysiology of a transplanted heart and what you may see on the ECG, and then proceed to the management of our theoretical patient for general anaesthesia for non-cardiac surgery.

Resources for this episode:

Oxford Handbook of Transplant Anaesthesia and Critical Care

BJAED: Anaesthesia for a patient with a cardiac transplant (2002) by Morgan-Hughes, N. & Hood, G.

Circulation (2004): Drug therapy in the heart transplant recipient by Lindenfeld, J. et al.

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia: Post cardiac transplant recipient: Implications for anaesthesia by M. Choudhury

RCEM India Learning - The ECG after cardiac transplantation

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