Perioperative Organ Protection in Cardiac Surgery

Abstract

Perioperative organ protection refers to the set of strategies to lessen the intensity of the surgical and anesthetic stress. A better understanding of mechanisms involved in tissue hypoperfusion, ischemia-reperfusion phenomena, and the protection triggered by certain anesthetic techniques, drugs and adjuvants have been very useful in perioperative organ protection, especially in patients with comorbidities and / or undergoing high risk surgical procedures.