Cardiology

Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Questions discussed in this category

How do you risk stratify patients with different WHO groups of pulmonary hypertension prior to non-cardiac surgeries?

And who would you not recommend to undergo surgeries?

1 Answer available

What strategies do you employ to minimize the risk of cardiovascular collapse when intubating a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension?

Do you favor awake intubation in these cases?

2 Answers available

Do you consider the use of bevacizumab in patients with HHT who have high output cardiac failure related to liver AVMs who also have cerebral AVMs?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

JAMA,

Bevacizumab in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and severe hepatic vascular malformations and high cardiac output.

Ann Intern Med, 2020 Sep 08

Second International Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia.

Circulation, 2023 Mar 16

Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension in Noncardiac Surgery: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

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