Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Nov 2023
Pulmonary Vasodilator and Inodilator Drugs in Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review With Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis.
The authors performed a systematic review to evaluate the effect of pharmacologic therapy on pulmonary hypertension in the perioperative setting of elective cardiac surgery (PROSPERO CRD42023321041). ⋯ Inhaled prostacyclin was the only pharmacologic intervention whose use is supported by a statistically discernible improvement in mortality in the perioperative cardiac surgery setting as treatment of pulmonary hypertension. However, available evidence has significant limitations, mainly the low number of events and imprecision.