© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Ali Dabbagh, Antonio Hernandez Conte and Lorraine Lubin (eds.)Congenital Heart Disease in Pediatric and Adult Patients10.1007/978-3-319-44691-2_12 12. Preoperative Evaluation Ramin Baghaei Tehrani1 (1) Cardiac Surgery Department, Modarres Hospital, School of Medicine, Shahid…
Specific adrenoceptor The main target organ(s) Clinical response α1 (including α1A, α1B, α1D) Arteries, arterioles, veins; however, α effects predominate over β in splanchnic circulation Arterial constriction α2 (including α2A,…
Fig. 1.1 The Dodrill-GMR heart pump (Dr Dodrill is in scrub cap and mask on the left. Used with permission from Dr. William S. Stoney. Adapted from Stoney WS. Historical…
