Abstract Mechanical support of the heart can be offered to patients who are refractory to pharmacological treatment, therapy for coronary or valvular disease or resynchronization therapy. Ventricular assist devices enable end-organ perfusion in the setting of heart failure. This can be temporary (as a bridge to recovery or transplantation) or permanent (destination therapy). Devices can be ex…
Abstract This review describes the preoperative assessment and listing of the patient for liver transplantation and some of the specific perioperative challenges this group of patients present to the anaesthetist. The principles of the early postoperative management in the intensive care unit are discussed as well as some of the signs of early graft dysfunction. Increasingly unwell patients re…