A Practical Approach to Cardiac Anesthesia is the most widely used clinical reference in cardiac anesthesia.

Features of this large handbook:

• provides complete information on drugs, monitoring, cardiopulmonary bypass, circulatory support, and anesthetic management of specific cardiac disorders
• incorporates clinically relevant basic science into a practical "what-to-do" approach and is written in an easy-to-read outline format

This edition has a new chapter on surgical ventricular restoration, LV aneurysm, and CHF-related surgical procedures. Chapters provide increased coverage of postoperative atrial fibrillation prevention and treatment, drugs in perioperative risk reduction, and the role of inhalational anesthetics in organ protection via anesthetic preconditioning. This edition also has a revamped art program.

Contents

Anesthetic Management for Cardiac Surgery

1. The cardiac surgical patient
2. Cardiovascular drugs
3. Monitoring the cardiac surgical patient
4. Transesophageal echocardiography
5. Induction of anesthesia
6. Anesthetic management in the precardiopulmonary bypass period
7. Anesthetic management during cardiopulmonary bypass
8. The postcardiopulmonary bypass period: weaning to ICU transport
9. Postoperative care of the cardiac surgical patient

Anesthetic Management of Specific Cardiac Disorders

10. anesthetic management for myocardial revascularization
11. Anesthetic management for the surgical treatment of valvular heart disease
12. Alternative approaches to cardiac surgery with and without cardiopulmonary bypass
13. Anesthetic management for patients with congenital heart disease
14. Anesthetic management for cardiac transplantation
15. Arrhythmia, rhythm management devices, and catheter and surgical ablation
16. Coagulation management during and after cardiopulmonary bypass
17. Surgical ventricular restoration and remodeling
18. Cardiopulmonary bypass circuits: design and use

Circulatory Support and Organ Preservation

19. Pathophysiology of cardiopulmonary bypass
20. Devices for cardiac support and replacement
21. Intraoperative myocardial protection
22. Protection of the brain during cardiac surgery

Thoracic Anesthesia and Pain Management

23. Anesthetic management for thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections
24. Anesthetic management for surgery of the lungs and mediastinum
25. Pain management for cardiothoracic procedures

Index

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