This concise book meets the market need for an accessible and up-to-date guide on understanding and managing cardiac anesthesia patients. It reflects the continual evolution of the very complex field of cardiac anesthesia. 

Organized into 10 sections, beginning chapters comprehensively examine the foundational concepts of cardiovascular function.  The book then functions as a practical guide for clinical settings, including patient evaluation, operating room and anesthetic management, and postoperative care. Each chapter is authored by experienced cardiac anesthesiologists and many are supplemented by high quality, images, videos and tables. 

Written for the student, trainee, and junior cardiac anesthesiologist, Cardiac Anesthesia: The Basics of Evaluation and Management covers the core concepts needed to treat the cardiac surgery patient and to the skillset needed to succeed in this field.

 

Chapter 01 Basic Cardiovascular Anatomy

Chapter 02 Basic Cardiovascular Physiology
Chapter 03 Basic cardiovascular pharmacology
Chapter 04 Basic ECG and Common Arrhythmias for the Cardiac Surgery Patient
Chapter 05 Preoperative evaluation and risk assessment for the cardiac surgery patient
Chapter 06 A Guide to Interpreting Preoperative Cardiac Studies
Chapter 07 Medically optimizing the cardiac surgical patient
Chapter 08 Cardiac Operating Room Setup and Preparation of the Patient for Surgery
Chapter 09 Intraoperative Hemodynamic monitoring for the cardiac surgery patient
Chapter 10 The fundamentals of Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) and the Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) examination
Chapter 11 Common Pathophysiologic Findings on TTE and FAST Examination
Chapter 12 The Fundamentals of Transesophageal Echocardiography
Chapter 13  Fundamentals of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Machine Equipment and Technique
Chapter 14 Myocardial Preservation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Chapter 15 Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery
Chapter 16 Anesthetic Management During Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Chapter 17 Weaning from Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Management of Difficulties
Chapter 18 Anesthetic management for Conventional myocardial revascularization
Chapter 19 Anesthetic management AND Surgical Considerations for the Patient Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Chapter 20 Anaesthesia for endovascular Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm repair (TEVAR)
Chapter 21 Anesthetic management for valvular heart disease
Chapter 22 Anesthetic Management for Thoracic Aortic Procedures
Chapter 23 Anesthetic Management for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Chapter 24 Anesthetic management for heart failure and Transplantation
Chapter 25 Anesthetic management for Pulmonary Thromoendarterectomy
Chapter 26 The Complications of Cardiac Surgery
Chapter 27 Anesthesia for cardioversion and cardiac ablation procedures
Chapter 28 Anesthesia for Watchman procedure
Chapter 29 Anesthesia for TAVR procedure
Chapter 30 Anesthetic Considerations for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair with the MitraClip Device
Chapter 31 Anesthesia for Laser Lead Extraction
Chapter 32 Understanding Devices in the cardiac operating room
Chapter 33 Anaesthesia for endovascular aortic Aneurysm repair (EVAR)
Chapter 34 Anesthesia for Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Chapter 35 Anesthesia for Lower Extremity Bypass
Chapter 36 Anesthesia for Carotid Endarterectomy
Chapter 37 Anesthesia considerations for upper extremity arteriovenous fistulas
Chapter 38 Post-Operative Care for The Adult Cardiac Surgery Patient.