Rev Esp Cardiol
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Review
[Special anesthesia care in heart transplantation. The management of right ventricular failure].
Right ventricular dysfunction is a common clinical event after heart transplantation. The major cause is the failure of right ventricle (RV) to adapt to the pulmonary hypertension (PH) secondary to chronic heart failure. ⋯ Once this occurs, the treatment is complex. The available therapeutic measures include the use of vasodilators such as prostaglandin E1 and nitric oxide.