Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Qena Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Egypt
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