Yes, those who have heart problems can take general anesthesia, but first you have to go through a preanesthetic evaluation with the anesthesiologist, who will assess the risks associated with general anesthesia to the problems in the heart of the patient.
General anesthesia can be contraindicated for people with arterial hypertension (untreated or uncontrolled high blood pressure) and heart disease.
In these cases, the patient is referred to the cardiologist, who will prepare him for surgery.
At contraindications of general anesthesia depend on several factors, such as the patient's state of health, medications to be used, risk of anaphylactic shock, among others.
Among the main contraindications of general anesthesia are situations in which there is a risk of bronchoaspiration, difficulty breathing and high pressure at the time of surgery.
The association of heart diseases with high cholesterol, smoking, sedentary lifestyle, pneumopathy, diabetes, kidney disease, blood disorders, increase the risk of general anesthesia and surgery.
Therefore, patients with heart problems or other risk factors should be prepared in the best possible way prior to surgeries requiring general anesthesia.
