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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
In this book are discussed topics of particular importance to critical care cardiovascular diagnosis and management in the perioperative period. Chapter topics are the causes for heart failure; the pathophysiology of heart failure; coronary heart disease and ischemic preconditioning; hypertensive urgencies and emergencies; diagnosis of heart failure; preoperative cardiac risk assessment; hemodynamic monitoring in patients with heart failure; electrocardiography of heart failure - features and arrhythmias; pharmacologic management for patients with heart failure; devices for management of heart failure; pacemaker and internal cardioverter-defibrillator therapies; management of cardiopulmonary arrest; circulatory shock - anaphylactic, cardiogenic, haemorrhagic, septic; prevention and management of cardiac dysfunction during and after cardiac surgery; vasodilator therapy - systemic and pulmonary; and, thromboembolism and anticoagulation. This work represents an important update for anaesthesiologists, cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, emergency care physicians and intensivists caring for patients with acute, life-threatening cardiovascular afflictions.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin (Madison) Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), Hartland, USA
John L. Atlee
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Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Policlinic University Hospital, Catania, Italy
Antonino Gullo
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Cardiovascular Department, Ospedali Riuniti and University of Trieste, Italy
Gianfranco Sinagra
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Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Jean-Louis Vincent
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Perioperative Critical Care Cardiology
Authors: John L. Atlee, Antonino Gullo, Gianfranco Sinagra, Jean-Louis Vincent
Series Title: Topics in Anaesthesia and Critical Care
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0558-7
Publisher: Springer Milano
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Milan 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-88-470-0557-0Published: 27 November 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-88-470-0558-7Published: 14 March 2007
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XII, 282
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery