Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Department of Anesthesia, ICU and Pain Relief, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Egypt

Publications

• Research Article   
  The Role of Pre-Operative Focused Transthoracic Echocardiography in Anesthetic Management of Old Age Patients with Potential Risk of Post-Operative Cardiac Complications
  Author(s): Ahmed Fathy Abdel-Latif, Hatem S. Mohamed, Mohamed S. Ahmed and Alaa Ali M. Elzohry*
  
  Background and aim of the study: To what extent focused transthoracic echocardiography when done preoperatively to patients admitted for elective surgery and suspected to be at risk of cardiac disease specially the geriatric population can affect perioperative anesthetic management of these patients. Methods: This study was done at Qena university hospitals and 100 patients were included, >60 years of age who were subjected to preoperative transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) to evaluate hemodynamic state, left and right ventricular functions, systolic and diastolic volumes and pressures, valves diameters and competency, pericardial effusion and pulmonary artery pressure. Results: Our results showed changes in clinical diagnosis in the form of reporting 26% of patients with impaired ejection fraction of left ventricle, 18% valve lesions, and diasto.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-6148.20.11.946

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