"Everyone, the situation of our first patient is very special. She has been affected by chemotherapy, which led to osteoporosis and myocarditis. She is now still on amiodarone in the ICU; otherwise, her heart might not be able to withstand the surgery," Liu Banxia said after calling everyone together for the consultation.
"Director Xu, if spinal decompression and fusion surgery is to be performed on the patient, we will need your help. Dr. Meng, Dr. Chen—one of you is a cardiologist and the other is a cardiothoracic surgeon—do you have any ideas that could help the patient's heart pull through?"
Chen Xuehai rubbed between his eyebrows. "If we insist on performing the surgery, there is some possibility. I've encountered similar cases abroad; we could try temporarily using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and β-blockers."
