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Table of Contents:

Contributing Authors
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Color figures fall between 560 and 561
Pt. I Foundations of Cardiac Anesthesia 1
1 History of Cardiac Surgery and Anesthesia 3
2 Principles of Cardiovascular Physiology 37
3 Cardiac Pharmacology 59
4 Pharmacologic Management of Arrhythmias 103
5 Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiac Catheterization 117
Pt. II The Cardiac Surgery Patient: General Considerations 151
6 Preoperative Anesthetic Evaluation 153
7 Electrocardiographic Monitoring 175
8 Hemodynamic and Related Monitoring 195
9 Intraoperative Echocardiography 237
10 Cardiovascular Pharmacology of Anesthetics 295
Pt. III Cardiopulmonary Bypass 317
11 The Coagulation System and Cardiac Surgery 319
12 Cardiopulmonary Bypass Equipment 335
13 Myocardial Preservation 387
14 Pathophysiology and Management of Cardiopulmonary Bypass 415
15 Termination of Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Postbypass Hemodynamic Management 447
16 Brain Injury and Brain Protection 465
Pt. IV Intensive Care Medicine 477
17 Adult Intensive Care and Complications 479
18 Pediatric Intensive Care 505
Pt. V Special Considerations 539
19 Anesthesia for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery 541
20 Valvular Heart Disease 557
21 Congenital Heart Disease 585
22 Surgical and Device Therapy for Cardiac Arrhythmias 617
23 Cardiac and Lung Transplantation 637
24 Cardiac Reoperations 663
25 Anesthesia for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery 673
26 Anesthesia for Pulmonary and Mediastinal Surgery 703
27 Anesthesia for Thoracic Aortic Surgery 767
28 Emergency Situations 857
Pt. VI The Cardiac Patient and Anesthesia for Noncardiac Surgery 893
29 Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery in the Pregnant Patient 895
30 The Adult Noncardiac Patient 911
31 Pediatric Noncardiac Anesthesia 931
Pt. VII The Anesthesiologist and Cardiac Surgery 949
32 Practice Management: Quality Aspects 951
33 Education in Cardiothoracic Anesthesia 983
Index 1001