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The right ventricle is particularly vulnerable to acute failure during cardiac transplantation, and post-transplant right ventricular failure is associated with significant perioperative morbidity and mortality. But provided that early recognition and aggressive treatment is initiated, such right ventricular failure has a relatively high rate of recovery. Such treatment requires multimodal therapy including optimization of preload, ionotropic support, afterload reduction and if necessary, mechanical circulatory support.
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Bell, M.T., Fullerton, D.A. (2019). Post-Transplant Right Ventricular Failure. In: Lonchyna, V. (eds) Difficult Decisions in Cardiothoracic Critical Care Surgery. Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04146-5_25
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