Cardiac Anesthesia

Part I. Preoperative Assessment and Management. Preoperative Assessment of Cardiac Risk. The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in the Adult Patient. AntiDrug Therapy. Chronic Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure. Antihypertensive Therapy. Etiology and Treatment of Perioperative Cardiac Arrhythmias. Part Ii. Physiology and Molecular Biology. Advances in Cardiovascular Physiology. Coronary Physiology and Atherosclerosis. Molecular Cardiovascular Medicine. Systemic Inflammation. Part Iii. Monitoring. Hemodynamic Monitoring. Advances in Electrocardiographic Monitoring. Intraoperative Echocardiography. Central Nervous System Monitoring. Coagulation Monitoring. Part Iv. Anesthetic Pharmacology. Effects of Inhalation Anesthetics on Systemic Hemodynamics and the Coronary Circulation. Opioidsin Cardiac Anesthesia. Pharmacology of Intravenous Anesthetic Induction Drugs. Muscle Relaxants and the Cardiovascular System. Pharmacokinetics and Principles of Drug Infusions in Cardiac Patients. Part V. Anesthetic Techniques for Cardiac Surgical Procedures. Anesthesia for Myocardial Revascularization. Valvular Heart Disease. Anesthesia for Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease. Thoracic Aortic Disease. Anesthesia for Electrophysiologic Procedures. Uncommon Diseases and Cardiac Anesthesia. Cardiac Pacing and Electroversion. Heart and HeartTransplantation. Part Vi. Management of Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Associated Problems. Extracorporeal Devices and Related Technologies. Cardiopulmonary Bypass and the Anesthesiologist. Transfusion Medicine and Coagulation Disorders. Pharmacologic Treatment of Perioperative Ventricular Failure. Techniques of Circulatory Assistance. Part Vii. Postoperative Care. Postoperative Respiratory Management. Postoperative Cardiovascular Management. Central Nervous System Dysfunction After Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Critical Care Medicine for the Cardiac Patient. Part Viii. Practice Management. Impact of Managed Care on Cardiac Anesthesia. Cost Containment: Anesthesia and Cardiac Surgery. Patient Satisfaction. Measuring and Improving the Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft.