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Tempe DK. Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Global Capacity Building to Tackle Rheumatic Heart Disease. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2021; 35:1922-1926. [PMID: 33637422 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.01.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Deepak K Tempe
- Visiting Professor, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi. Professor of Excellence and Former Dean, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
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Xu N, Huang ST, Sun KP, Wang ZC, Cao H, Chen Q. Midterm postoperative prognosis of patients with severe left heart valvular disease combined with moderate or severe pulmonary hypertension treated with treprostinil. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2020; 20:472. [PMID: 33143649 PMCID: PMC7641841 DOI: 10.1186/s12872-020-01759-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND To investigate the midterm postoperative prognosis of patients with severe left heart valvular disease combined with moderate or severe pulmonary hypertension (PAH) using subcutaneous injection of treprostinil. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted on 61 patients with severe left heart valvular disease combined with moderate or severe PAH who had undergone mechanical mitral and/or aortic valve replacement from April 2018 to October 2018. The patients were divided into the treprostinil group and the conventional treatment group according to whether they received treprostinil. The patients were assessed by SwanGanz catheterization, echocardiography, the 6-min walk test (6-MWT), the Borg dyspnoea score and the SF-36 questionnaire. RESULTS Compared with the preoperative data, the mPAP measured by SwanGanz catheterization, the results of the 6-MWT and the Borg score were significantly improved in both groups during the 1 year follow-up (P < 0.05). Regarding the comparison between the groups, the results in group T were significantly better than those in group C, including the results of the 6-MWT and the general health, vitality and mental health of SF-36 during the 1 year follow-up (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Continuous subcutaneous infusion of treprostinil was not capable of decreasing pulmonary pressures in patients with severe left heart valvular disease combined with moderate or severe PAH during 1 year follow-up, although which some of our data suggest that might improve the symptoms and quality of life of these patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ning Xu
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. .,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
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