Risk Common illness among children and young adults. Primary chronic sequelae is RHD. Worldwide estimate is over 15 million cases of RHD, with 282,000 new cases and 233,000 deaths annually. Up to 1% of all school-age children in Africa, Asia,…
Acknowledgments The authors thank Drs. David Callans, Lee Fleisher, and Sean Kennedy for their comments on a draft of this chapter. In the electrophysiology laboratory, procedures are performed to diagnose and treat abnormal cardiac rhythms. These procedures can be accomplished…
Risk Lung cancer is the primary cause of cancer death. Asbestos exposure increases risk 5-fold. Smoking increases risk 15-fold. Radon exposure increases risk 2-fold. Perioperative Risks Associated CAD Pulm insufficiency following lung tissue resection Worry About Optimization of preop pulmonary…
Risk One percent of all congenital heart defects. TAPVD, the severe form, or PAPVD, the less severe form, exists when pulm veins drain into the venous circulation. M:F 4:1 in infradiaphragmatic type. Perioperative Risks Rapid CV deterioration secondary to hypercapnia…