RT Book, Section A1 Levy, Jerrold H. A1 Schroder, Jacob N. A1 Ramsay, James G. A2 Cohn, Lawrence H. A2 Adams, David H. SR Print(0) ID 1144149406 T1 Cardiac Surgical Pharmacology T2 Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, 5e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071844871 LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1144149406 RD 2024/10/07 AB Clinical pharmacology associated with cardiac surgery is an important part of patient management. Patients in the perioperative period receive multiple therapeutic agents that affect cardiovascular and pulmonary functions. This chapter summarizes the pharmacology of the agents commonly used for treating the primary physiologic disturbances associated with cardiac surgery, hemodynamic instability, respiratory insufficiency, and alterations of hemostasis. For cardiovascular drugs, the common theme is that pharmacologic effects are produced by intracellular ion fluxes.