Resumen de Hipertensión pulmonar y el paciente quirúrgico: Estrategias de manejo actual

Magdalena Fermandois C, Rodrigo López B, Paula León S, Guillermo Lema Fuxman

• Pulmonary hypertension is a clinical condition with a low prevalence, but carries high morbidity and mortality. Important advances in the understanding of this disease and in its therapy have occurred. A particular scenario is pulmonary hypertension in patients undergoing non-cardiac as well as cardiac surgery. The aim of this review is to present information that may allow diagnostic and therapeutic approaches of this clinical condition in patients undergoing surgery.