Core Topics in Cardiac Anaesthesia

Part I. Anatomy and Physiology: 1. Cardiac embryology and anatomy; 2. Cardiac electrophysiology; 3. Cardiac excitation contraction coupling; 4. Ventricular performance; 5. Coronary physiology; 6. Cardiovascular control mechanisms; 7. Anaesthesia and the cardiovascular system; Part II. Cardiac Pharmacology: 8. Cardiac receptors; 9. Pharmacology of antihypertensive drugs and vasodilators; 10. The pharmacology of inotropes; 11. Anti arrhythmic drugs; 12. Anticoagulants and procoagulants; 13. Pharmacology of opioids in cardiac anaesthesia; 14. Pharmacology of drugs on cardiopulmonary bypass; Part III. Diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease: 15. Symptoms and signs of cardiac disease; 16. Non-invasive diagnostic techniques; 17. Cardiac diagnosis: invasive techniques; Part IV. Cardiac Surgery for Anaesthetists: 18. Patient selection and risk stratification; 19. Basic principles of cardiac surgery; 20. Myocardial protection; 21. Myocardial ischaemia, stunning, hibernation and preconditioning; 22. Prosthetic heart valves; Part V. Monitoring: 23. Pulmonary artery catheter; 24. Transoesophageal echocardiography; 25. Intraoperative assessment of (LV) ventricular function; 26. Neurological monitoring during cardiac surgery; Part VI. Routine Coronary Heart Surgery (On Bypass): 27. Premedication, induction and maintenance; 28. Conduct of cardiopulmonary bypass; 29. Postoperative care; Part VII. Anaesthetic Management of Specific Disorders: 30. Anaesthesia for off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery; 31. Aortic valve disease; 32. Mitral valve disease; 33. Redo surgery, ventricular aneurysm, surgery and mediastinal infection; 34. Aortic dissections; 35. Aortic arch surgery; 36. The descending thoracic aorta surgery; 37. Perioperative implications of pacemakers and implantable defibrillators; 38. Anaesthesia for patients with electrophysiological disorders; 39. Cardiomyopathies and constrictive pericarditis; 40. Anaesthesia for heart transplantation; Part VIII. Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia: 41. Paediatric cardiac surgery; 42. Conduct of anaesthesia; 43. Operations for common congenital heart lesions; 44. Postoperative care of paediatric cardiac surgery patients; Part IX. Cardiopulmonary Bypass and the Anaesthetist (Specific Issues): 45. Cardiopulmonary bypass; 46. Failure to wean from bypass; 47. Coagulopathy during cardiopulmonary bypass; 48. The inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass; 49. Controversies of cardiopulmonary bypass; 50. Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest; 51. Cardiopulmonary bypass emergencies; Part X. Cardiac Intensive Care: 52. Cardiovascular problems in the intensive care unit; 53. Resuscitation after adult cardiac surgery; 54. Respiratory complications; 55. Gastrointestinal complications of cardiac surgery; 56. Renal dysfunction associated with cardiac surgery; 57. Neurological complications of cardiac surgery; Part XI. Miscellaneous: 58. GUCHI; 59. The pregnant patient; 60. Regional anaesthesia; 61. Pain; 62. Haematological conditions and cardiac surgery; 63. Temperature and rewarming; 64. Microbiology; 65. Bypass for non-cardiac diseases; 66. Non cardiac surgery.