The Year in Review: Anesthesia for Congenital Heart Disease 2023

Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Jun;28(2):91-99. doi: 10.1177/10892532241244475. Epub 2024 Apr 1.

Abstract

This review highlights published literature in 2023 that is related to the anesthetic management of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Though not inclusive of all topics, 31 articles are discussed and four primary themes emerged: transfusion and hemostasis, outcomes and risk assessment, monitoring, and pharmacology.

Keywords: anesthesia; anesthesiology; cardiac surgery; congenital heart disease; hemostasis; monitoring; outcome; pharmacology; transfusion.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia* / methods
  • Anesthesia, Cardiac Procedures / methods
  • Blood Transfusion / methods
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Heart Defects, Congenital* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Risk Assessment