“What anesthesia is used for heart surgery?”
My 57 year old husband will have a heart transplant surgery. I want to know what anesthesia is used for heart surgery?
2 Answers
AnesthesiologistAnesthesiologist
Cardiac anesthesia uses high dose of narcotics. And drugs and gases that produce less heart depression for induction. And he will be in extracorporeal circ. pump.
Obviously, open heart surgery is a major procedure. This is always done under general anesthesia. There are some very rare and strange reports of acupuncture being used in China but this is not a western technique approach.
