Patrick Wouters

Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals Ghent, Belgium

Specialty - Adult Cardiac Surgery , Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Background - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (MD 1986) ,  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Anesthesia residency (1986-1991) ,  University of Texas Houston research fellow (1987-1989) ,  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (PhD 1994)

Interests - Myocardial protection,  hemodynamic monitoring ,  right ventricular function ,  off-pump CABG ,  diastolic function , echocardiography

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Anesthesiology & Pain Management > Cardiovascular Medicine in Anesthesia: Clinical Science (since 15 November 2005)

All recent recommendations

• 4.9
  Perioperative use of dobutamine in cardiac surgery and adverse cardiac outcome: propensity-adjusted analyses.
  Recommended by Patrick Wouters, Philippe Van der Linden with Robert Tircoveanu, Judy Kersten with Julien Amour
  
• 4.8
  Clinical characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients with cardiogenic shock undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: insights from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Database.
  Recommended by Gregor Theilmeier, Patrick Wouters
  
• 3.0
  Effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in low-risk patients early after coronary artery bypass surgery.
  Recommended by Patrick Wouters
  
• 3.2
  Impact of preoperative anemia on outcome in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
  Recommended by Giora Landesberg, Patrick Wouters
  
• 3.0
  Adrenergic receptor genotype but not perioperative bisoprolol therapy may determine cardiovascular outcome in at-risk patients undergoing surgery with spinal block: the Swiss Beta Blocker in Spinal Anesthesia (BBSA) study: a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial with 1-year follow-up.
  Recommended by Patrick Wouters
  
• 4.9
  Monitoring brain oxygen saturation during coronary bypass surgery: a randomized, prospective study.
  Recommended by Olaf L Cremer, Patrick Wouters, James Tweddell
  
• 6.0
  A systematic review and meta-analysis on the hazards of discontinuing or not adhering to aspirin among 50,279 patients at risk for coronary artery disease.
  Recommended by Patrick Wouters
  
• 3.2
  Randomized trial of atorvastatin for reduction of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: results of the ARMYDA-3 (Atorvastatin for Reduction of MYocardial Dysrhythmia After cardiac surgery) study.
  Recommended by Patrick Wouters, Brian Olshansky
  
• 3.0
  Practice advisory for intraoperative awareness and brain function monitoring: a report by the american society of anesthesiologists task force on intraoperative awareness.
  Recommended by Patrick Wouters
  
• 6.0
  Impact of anesthesia management characteristics on severe morbidity and mortality.
  Recommended by Patrick Wouters