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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1985, Vol. 57, No. 6 634-637
© 1985 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

case-report

ANAESTHESIA FOR SURGERY IN A PATIENT WITH A TRANSPLANTED HEART

S. R. W. BRICKER, M.A., M.B., CH.B.* and J. C. SUGDEN, B.SC., M.B., CH.B., F.F.A.R.C.S.

Department of Anaesthesia, The General Infirmary at Leeds Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX

Correspondence to J.C.S.

Five-year survival following cardiac transplantation approaches 50 % and such patients occasionally present for non-cardiac surgery. The application of a simple general anaesthetic technique is described in a patient undergoing minor surgery, and the problems involved in managing heart transplant recipients are discussed.

* Present address: Department of Anaesthetics, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LEI 5WW.


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