The effect of passive leg-raising maneuver on hemodynamic stability during anesthesia induction for adult cardiac surgery Solmaz Fakhari, Eissa Bilehjani, Haleh Farzin, Hojjat Pourfathi, Mohsen Chalabianlou Cardiovascular Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Introduction: Some cardiac patients do not tolerate the intravenous fluid load commonly administered before anesthesia induction. This study investigated preinduction passive leg-raising maneuver (PLRM) as an alternative method to fluid loading before cardiac anesthesia.Methods and materials: During a 6-month period, 120 adult elective heart surgery patients were enrolled in this study and allocated into 2 groups: PLRM group vs control group