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Tier 4 — Narrative / commentaryPeer-reviewed

Optimal, Early Postoperative Management of Cardiac Transplant and Durable Left Ventricular Assist Recipients

Miriam Freundt, Elizabeth Lavanga, Christoph Brehm

Current Cardiology Reports · 2022

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Summary

This paper is a clinical narrative review of postoperative management protocols for advanced cardiac interventions (orthotopic heart transplantation and durable left ventricular assist devices). It lies outside Vitagri's core remit of farming systems, soil health, and food-related determinants of nutrition and health, and is not suitable for inclusion in the Pulse Brain catalogue.

Regional applicability

Not applicable. This is a clinical cardiology review with no connection to farming systems, soil health, nutrient density, or food-related interventions.

Key measures

Clinical management protocols, immunosuppression regimens, infection prevention strategies, haemodynamic parameters, organ function assessment

Outcomes reported

The review synthesises evidence and clinical best practice for early postoperative management in orthotopic heart transplantation and durable left ventricular assist device implantation. It addresses optimisation of surgical technique, immunosuppression, infection prevention, haemodynamic monitoring, and short-term organ function assessment.

Theme
Policy, governance & rights
Subject
Out of scope / non-food
Study type
Narrative Review
Study design
Narrative review
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
Status
Published
System type
Human clinical
DOI
10.1007/s11886-022-01823-0
Catalogue ID
SNmq64crgc-aahcpv
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