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A prospective study links chronic heart failure to reduced phenylephrine responsiveness around CPB, while exploratory vasopressin findings require clinical confirmation.
This narrative review examines vasoplegic syndrome after cardiac surgery, linking inflammation, nitric oxide excess, vasopressin deficiency, and renin–angiotensin dysfunction to loss of vascular tone.
The NOVACC trial, a multicentre, randomized, double-blind study, evaluates vasopressin against norepinephrine for patients at renal risk during cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. Targeting
