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Sect. I Preoperative Assessment and Management 1
Ch. 1 Preoperative Assessment of Cardiac Risk 3
Ch. 2 The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in the Adult Patient 41
Ch. 3 Anti-ischemic Drug Therapy 95
Ch. 4 Chronic Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure 131
Ch. 5 Antihypertensive Therapy 161
Ch. 6 Etiology and Treatment of Perioperative Cardiac Arrhythmias 177
Sect. II Physiology and Molecular Biology 215
Ch. 7 Advances in Cardiovascular Physiology 217
Ch. 8 Coronary Physiology and Atherosclerosis 241
Ch. 9 Molecular Cardiovascular Medicine 271
Ch. 10 Systemic Inflammation 297
Sect. III Monitoring 319
Ch. 11 Hemodynamic Monitoring 321
Ch. 12 Advances in Electrocardiographic Monitoring 359
Ch. 13 Intraoperative Echocardiography 401
Ch. 14 Central Nervous System Monitoring 485
Ch. 15 Coagulation Monitoring 507
Sect. IV Anesthetic Pharmacology 535
Ch. 16 Effects of Inhalation Anesthetics on Systemic Hemodynamics and the Coronary Circulation 537
Ch. 17 Opioids in Cardiac Anesthesia 573
Ch. 18 Pharmacology of Intravenous Anesthetic Induction Drugs 611
Ch. 19 Muscle Relaxants and the Cardiovascular System 635
Ch. 20 Pharmacokinetics and Principles of Drug Infusions in Cardiac Patients 657
Sect. V Anesthetic Techniques for Cardiac Surgical Procedures 687
Ch. 21 Anesthesia for Myocardial Revascularization 689
Ch. 22 Valvular Heart Disease 727
Ch. 23 Anesthesia for Patients with Congenital Heart Disease 785
Ch. 24 Thoracic Aortic Disease 821
Ch. 25 Anesthesia for Electrophysiologic Procedures 861
Ch. 26 Uncommon Diseases and Cardiac Anesthesia 901
Ch. 27 Cardiac Pacing and Electroversion 959
Ch. 28 Anesthesia for Heart, Lung, and Heart-Lung Transplantation 991
Sect. VI Management of Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Associated Problems 1015
Ch. 29 Extracorporeal Devices and Related Technologies 1017
Ch. 30 Cardiopulmonary Bypass and the Anesthesiologist 1061
Ch. 31 Transfusion Medicine and Coagulation Disorders 1111
Ch. 32 Pharmacologic Management of Perioperative Left and Right Ventricular Dysfunction 1155
Ch. 33 Techniques of Circulatory Assistance 1193
Sect. VII Postoperative Care 1213
Ch. 34 Postoperative Respiratory Management 1215
Ch. 35 Postoperative Cardiovascular Management 1233
Ch. 36 Central Nervous System Dysfunction after Cardiopulmonary Bypass 1259
Ch. 37 Critical Care Medicine for the Cardiac Patient 1281
Sect. VIII Practice Management 1313
Ch. 38 The Impact of Managed Care on Cardiac Anesthesia 1315
Ch. 39 Cost Containment: Anesthesia and Cardiac Surgery 1327
Ch. 40 Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction Surrounding Cardiovascular Surgery 1337
Ch. 41 Measuring and Improving the Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: New York's Experience 1347
Index 1361