Handbook of Cardiac Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

Section I: The Otherwise Healthy Patient for Coronary Artery Bypass: "Okay, I'm not a cardiologist, but here's what I need to know"; "Hi, I'm your anesthesiologist" - The pre-operative visit also known as the telephone call; Here we are in the Operating Room; Cruise Control: Anesthesia Maintenance in the Pre-Bypass Period; Preparing for the Cardiopulmonary Bypass; Weaning from Cardiopulmonary Bypass; Section II. Management of Patients who are Otherwise Unhealthy for Coronary Artery Bypass: Reoperative CAB; The Patient with Poor Ventricular Function - Introduction; Patients with Defects in the Heart's Structure; Cardiopulmonary Bypass (with Tom Rawles, Perfusionist); The Patient for Arryhthmia Surgery; The Surprise Patient; The Patient for Repair of the Ascending Aorta; The Patient with Valvular Heart Disease; The Cardia Anesthesiologist and Post-Operative Care "When it's Finally Over?"; The Bleeding Patient; Anesthesia for Heart Transplantation; Transesophageal Echocardiography and the Cardiac Anesthesiologist; Anesthesia for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery; Real World Concerns for the Cardiac Anesthesiologist in Community Practice; Where Do We Go From Here?