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Cardiac Anesthesia

The Basics of Evaluation and Management

  • Simplified to conquer the overwhelming field of cardiac anesthesia

  • Up-to-date, concise and practical to utilize in day to day practice

  • Provides the student, trainee and junior cardiac anesthesiologist with core concepts of cardiovascular anesthesia

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. General Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Basic Cardiovascular Anatomy

      • Magdy Takla, David Youssef, Angelo Andonakakis, Irwin Gratz
      Pages 3-19
    3. Basic Cardiovascular Physiology

      • Robert Morris, Muhammad Ahmed, Spencer Drotman, Y. Yuliana Salamanca-Padilla
      Pages 21-35
    4. Basic Cardiovascular Pharmacology

      • Ahmed S. Awad, Megan Linehan, Danielle Evans, Lauren A. Igneri, Muhammed Muntazar
      Pages 37-72
  3. Patient Evaluation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
    2. Preoperative Evaluation and Risk Assessment for the Cardiac Surgery Patient

      • Ronak Desai, Vinay Kudur, Keyur Trivedi, Irwin Gratz, Kinjal Patel
      Pages 93-109
    3. A Guide to Interpreting Preoperative Cardiac Studies

      • Simon Topalian, Rady Ho, Georges Kaddissi
      Pages 111-124
    4. Medically Optimizing the Cardiac Surgical Patient

      • Afaf Anter, Zoheb Fazal
      Pages 125-134
  4. Room Preparation and Patient Monitoring

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
    2. Cardiac Operating Room Setup and Preparation of the Patient for Surgery

      • Ahmed S. Awad, Levi Mulladzhanov, Patrick O’Dunne, Muhammed Muntazar
      Pages 137-154
    3. Intraoperative Hemodynamic Monitoring for the Cardiac Surgery Patient

      • Christopher Potestio, Xiaolu Xu
      Pages 155-179
    4. Common Pathophysiologic Findings on TTE and FAST Examination

      • Enrique J. Pantin, Denes Papp
      Pages 205-231
    5. The Fundamentals of Transesophageal Echocardiography

      • Brett A. Waldman, Priscilla J. Peters, Julie Wise, Samir Patel, Sandeep Krishnan
      Pages 233-260
  5. Cardiopulmonary Bypass

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261
    2. Fundamentals of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Machine Equipment and Technique

      • Michael Hancock, Enrique J. Pantin
      Pages 263-284
    3. Myocardial Preservation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass

      • Scott R. Coleman, Michael S. Green
      Pages 285-291
    4. Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery

      • Scott Oldebeken, Anna E. Jankowska
      Pages 293-300

About this book

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.

 



Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anesthesiology, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/Cooper University Health Care, Camden, USA

    Ahmed S. Awad, MD, MBA

About the editor

Ahmed S. Awad, M.D. MBA, FASE

Associate Professor Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Director Cardiothoracic Anesthesia

Cooper University Hospital

1 Cooper Plaza,

Camden, NJ 08103

 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cardiac Anesthesia

  • Book Subtitle: The Basics of Evaluation and Management

  • Editors: Ahmed S. Awad, MD, MBA

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51755-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-51754-0Published: 11 February 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-51755-7Published: 10 February 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 649

  • Number of Illustrations: 72 b/w illustrations, 349 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Surgery

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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