Alexander Vitin

University of Washington United States of America

Dr. Vitin graduated cum laude from Kharkov State Medical University in 1981 (MD). He did his residency in surgery and worked as a surgeon, then as a research fellow. Dr. Vitin obtained his Ph.D. on extracorporeal detoxication in End stage Liver Disease patients. Currently he is working as an attending anesthesiologist, faculty and an associate professor at the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Since 2014, he is UNOS-appointed Director of Transplant Anesthesia. His main area of expertise and research interests are anesthesia and perioperative care for solid organ transplantation (liver, kidney, pancreas, intestine and combinations).

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This book is addressed to physicians and researchers working in the ever-expanding research and practice fields of transplantation medicine. Its purpose is to present the transplantation community with a collection of works written by prominent experts in a variety of transplant-related fields, encompassing the most recent scientific and practical developments and accomplishments in the highly specialized segment of transplantation medicine, such as perioperative care for organ transplant candidates and recipients.

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Perioperative Care for Organ Transplant Recipient

Edited by Alexander Vitin

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Hemodynamic Optimization Strategies in Anesthesia Care for Liver Transplantation

By Alexander A. Vitin, Dana Tomescu and Leonard Azamfirei

In this chapter, aspects of hemodynamic regulation in the end-stage liver disease (ESLD) patient, factors, contributing to the hemodynamic profile, coagulation-related problems, blood products transfusion tactics and problems, and hemodynamic optimization strategies during different stages of liver transplantation procedure—specifically what, when, and how to correct, with special attention to vasoactive agents use, will be discussed.

Part of the book: Liver Cirrhosis

Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy in Liver Transplant Recipients

By Alexander A. Vitin, Dana Tomescu and Leonard Azamfirei

Nonischemic cardiomyopathy is a collective term, encompassing a spectrum of cardiac comorbidities, accompanying the progressing end-stage liver disease. Alcoholic and cirrhotic cardiomyopathies are the most researched, well-known clinical entities in the list of nonischemic cardiac disorders that bear the most substantial impact on the clinical course, management, and outcomes of liver transplantation in ESLD patients. In this chapter, morphology, pathophysiology, diagnostic criteria, clinical manifestations, and management options of nonischemic cardiomyopathy in liver transplant candidates and recipients, the patients with end-stage liver disease due to advanced stages of cirrhosis, are discussed.

Part of the book: Liver Cirrhosis

Introductory Chapter: Tour De Force of Transplantation Science

By Alexander A. Vitin

Part of the book: Perioperative Care for Organ Transplant Recipient

Alexander Vitin

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Perioperative Care for Organ Transplant Recipient

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