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Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Advancements in Extracorporeal Life Support
provides comprehensive coverage on the technological developments
and clinical applications of extracorporeal technologies, including
the underlying basic science and the latest clinical advances in
the field. Written by experts around the world, this book comprises
all characteristics of cardiopulmonary bypass as well as chapters
regarding equipment, physiology and pathology, pediatric aspects
and clinical applications. Important highlights include the latest
updates regarding minimal invasive cardiopulmonary bypass (MICPB),
extracorporeal circulatory and respiratory support (ECCRS) in
cardiac and non-cardiac patients, ECMO support in COVID-19, and
updated guidelines of extracorporeal technologies. This book is an
invaluable resource to clinicians, researchers and medical students
in the fields of cardiothoracic surgery, cardiac anesthesiology,
intensive care, and perfusion technology.
Lung Epithelial Biology in the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Disease
provides a one-stop resource capturing developments in lung
epithelial biology related to basic physiology, pathophysiology,
and links to human disease. The book provides access to knowledge
of molecular and cellular aspects of lung homeostasis and repair,
including the molecular basis of lung epithelial intercellular
communication and lung epithelial channels and transporters. Also
included is coverage of lung epithelial biology as it relates to
fluid balance, basic ion/fluid molecular processes, and human
disease. Useful to physician and clinical scientists, the contents
of this book compile the important and most current findings about
the role of epithelial cells in lung disease. Medical and graduate
students, postdoctoral and clinical fellows, as well as clinicians
interested in the mechanistic basis for lung disease will benefit
from the books examination of principles of lung epithelium
functions in physiological condition.
This issue of the Interventional Cardiology Clinics edited by Jason
Rogers covers various approaches, techniques, and therapies for
Transcatheter Mitral Value Intervention. Topics include, but are
not limited to: Echocardiographic Imaging of the Mitral Valve for
Transcatheter Interventions, Use of Computed Tomography to Guide
Mitral Interventions, Transseptal Puncture for Mitral
Interventions, MitraClip Therapy for Mitral Regurgitation: Primary
MR, Coronary Sinus-Based Approach to Mitral Regurgitation, and
Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement.
This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America focuses on
Pulmonary Metastasectomy. Articles will include: Biology of
Pulmonary Metastases; Preoperative Evaluations and Indications for
Metastasectomy; Open Approaches to Pulmonary Metastases:
Thoracotomy and Sternotomy; Ablative Approaches for Pulmonary
Metastases: RFA, microwave, SBRT; Role of Lymphadenectomy with
Pulmonary Metastasectomy; Results of Pulmonary Resection:
Colorectal Carcinoma; Results of Pulmonary Resection: Sarcoma and
Germ Cell Tumors; Isolated Lung Perfusion; Immunotherapy; Medical
Management of Pulmonary Metastases: Is There a Role for Surgery?;
Thoracoscopic Management of Pulmonary Metastases; Results of
Pulmonary Resection: Other Epithelial Malignancies; Thoracoscopic
Lung Suffusion; and more!
Heart failure occurs in almost epidemic proportions, placing a huge
burden on both the healthcare system, and sufferers and their
families. This can only rise over coming years as the ageing
population, particularly in industrialized countries, increasingly
suffers from heart failure and its related comorbidities. The care
of this group of patients has evolved significantly over recent
years as our knowledge and understanding of the pathophysiology of
heart failure has developed. It has become evident that supportive
care is integral to comprehensive heart failure care, and this book
provides an evidence-based overview of heart failure aetiology, its
management, and the supportive care required by patients throughout
the course of their disease. Supportive Care in Heart Failure
integrates the complexities of heart failure care, bridging
knowledge bases from cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, general
medicine and palliative care. The book reviews essential
information about epidemiology and pathophysiology of heart
failure, and evidence-based medical, device, surgical and
interdisciplinary management. It addresses the evaluation and
management of quality of life, common symptoms and problems
associated with heart failure, and the holistic approach to
supportive care throughout the course of the illness through the
end of life. Prognostication, communication, and ethical decision
making are reviewed in detail. Heart failure has traditionally
presented a challenge to physicians, as a generally progressive
condition with significant symptoms, a poor quality of life, and
high mortality. But by applying the principles of palliative
medicine, it is possible to offer a supportive care approach that
synthesizes the experience of both the heart failure specialist and
the palliative care physician, and offers the best possible quality
of care to this group of patients.
Principles of Heart Valve Engineering is the first comprehensive
resource for heart valve engineering that covers a wide range of
topics, including biology, epidemiology, imaging and cardiovascular
medicine. It focuses on valves, therapies, and how to develop safer
and more durable artificial valves. The book is suitable for an
interdisciplinary audience, with contributions from bioengineers
and cardiologists that includes coverage of valvular and potential
future developments. This book provides an opportunity for
bioengineers to study all topics relating to heart valve
engineering in a single book as written by subject matter experts.
In this issue of Surgical Clinics, guest editor Dr. Daniel G.
Cuadrado brings his considerable expertise to the topic of
Cardiothoracic Surgery. In this issue, top experts in the field
provide updates on the most common procedures in cardiothoracic
surgery, including articles on the lung, heart and chest, as well
as two articles on epidemiology that give an accurate scope of
heart disease. Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics
including lung cancer: epidemiology and screening; open surgical
and extended resections for lung cancer; surgical management of
pneumothorax and pleural space disease; management of coronary
artery disease; minimally invasive and sub-lobar resections for
lung cancer; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on
cardiothoracic surgery, offering actionable insights for clinical
practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused
topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field.
Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice
guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, Guest Editor Farid
Shamji brings considerable expertise to the topic of Lung Cancer in
this second issue covering this topic. Top experts in the field
cover key topics such as biological treatments, improving
anesthesia safety in pulmonary resection for lung cancer, history
of surgical instruments in thoracic surgery, The Hemithorax - the
empty chest syndrome, and more. Provides in-depth, clinical reviews
on lung cancer, providing actionable insights for clinical
practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused
topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field;
Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice
guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews. Contains 16
relevant, practice-oriented topics including Assessment of
Operability and Resectability in Lung Cancer; Complications of
chest wall resection in conjunction with pulmonary resection;
Sepsis in the postpneumonectomy space: pathogenesis, recognition
and management; Neuroendocrine cancers of the lung: natural
history, pathological classification, biological behaviour and
treatment; and more.
The heart is our most important - and perhaps most mysterious - organ.
Every day it pumps 9000 litres of blood and beats around 100,000 times. But the heart is more than just a pump. In all major human cultures, it is seen as the source of love, sympathy, joy, courage, strength and wisdom. Why is this so?
Having witnessed the extraordinary complexity and unpredictability of human hearts in the operating theatre - each one individual in its make-up, like a fingerprint - heart surgeon Reinhard Friedl went on a search for answers. He examined closely the latest findings in neurocardiology and psychocardiology, and in The Beat of Life he shares his discoveries, using riveting personal stories to illustrate the complex relationship between the heart, the brain and the psyche.
In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest editor Farid
Shamji brings considerable expertise to the topic of Lung Cancer.
Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on Lung Cancer, providing
actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest
information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of
experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill
the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely
topic-based reviews.
Mechanical cardiovascular assist devices must be properly designed
to avoid damage to the blood they contact. The factors that affect
the hemocompatibility of a cardiovascular assist device include
three major non-physiological components - the material, fluid flow
paths, and flow related stresses, - as well as the device
interaction with the native vasculature. Furthermore, the
interaction of the device with the blood is not static. Foreign
surfaces activate blood components including platelets, leukocytes
and the coagulation cascade. Thrombus formation on the surface of
the device can alter the fluid dynamics in a manner that causes
erythrocyte damage ranging from significant hemolysis to sub-lethal
trauma that can take many days to weeks to develop into a
significant clinical problem. This sub-lethal blood trauma is not
easily detectable without special equipment, which is typically
unavailable in routine clinical practice. Surveillance for blood
damage is often sub-optimal in the clinical setting, but once
clinically relevant hemolysis occurs, crucial decisions - device
removal, replacement, or additional medical therapies including
surgery or plasmapheresis - that take into account the risk/benefit
of intervention must be quickly evaluated. The various preclinical
designs and testing, surgical considerations, available
surveillance techniques, and clinical consequences will be
discussed using recent and historical case reports to highlight key
points.
This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Dean
Donahue and Hugh G. Auchincloss, is devoted to Thoracic Outlet
Syndrome. Drs. Donahue and Auchincloss have assembled expert
authors to review the following topics: Embryology and Anatomy of
the Thoracic Outlet; Evaluation of Patients with Neurogenic
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome; Reoperation for Persistent or Recurrent
Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome; Surgical Technique:
Supraclavicular First Rib Resection; Evaluation and Management of
Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome; How Common is Thoracic Outlet
Syndrome?; Surgical Technique: Minimally Invasive First Rib
Resection; Radiographic Evaluation of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome;
Evaluation and Management of Arterial Thoracic Outlet Syndrome; and
more!
This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest edited by Drs.
Virginia R. Litle and Robert J. Canelli, is devoted to
Peri-operative Management of the Thoracic Patient. Drs. Litle and
Canelli have assembled expert authors to review the following
topics: Preoperative Evaluation of Patients Undergoing Thoracic
Surgery; Prehab of the Thoracic Patient; Enhanced Recovery after
Thoracic Surgery; Surgical Approaches for Esophagectomy: Open,
Minimally Invasive, Robotic. What is the Approach Algorithm?;
Intraoperative Anesthetic Management of the Thoracic Surgery
Patient; Intraoperative Surgical and Anesthetic Concerns for
Robotic Approach to the Thoracic Surgery Patient; Prevention of
Postoperative Prolonged Air-leak after Pulmonary Resection;
Intraoperative Pre-emptive Prevention of Esophagectomy
Complications: Role of Feeding Tubes, Pyloric Drainage Procedures,
Anastomotic Buttressing; Interventional Pulmonology: A Brave New
World; Pain Management in Thoracic Surgery; Management of
Complications after Lung Resections; Management of complications
after esophagectomy; and more!
This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Jyoti
Patel and Jessica Donington, is devoted to Advances in Systemic
Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Drs. Patel and Donington
have assembled expert authors to review the following topics:
Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy; Combining Immunotherapy
with Radiation in Lung Cancer; Adjuvant Chemotherapy; ALK
Mutations; Molecular Targets Beyond the Big 3; Advances in Systemic
Therapy; Liquid Biopsies in NSCLC; Combining Immunotherapy and
Chemotherapy for NSCLC; ROS-1 Mutations; EGFR Mutations; and more!
This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest edited by Drs.
Vincenzo Ambrogi and Tommaso Mineo, is devoted to Nonintubated
Thoracic Surgery. Drs. Ambrogi and Mineo have assembled expert
authors to review the following topics: Technical issues and
patient safety in nonintubated thoracic anesthesia; Management of
primary and secondary pneumothorax in nonintubated VATS; Treatment
of pleural effusions with nonintubated VATS; Nonintubated VATS for
chest infections; Nonintubated VATS lung biopsy for interstitial
lung disease; Nonintubated VATS wedge resection of peripheral early
lung cancer; Anatomical segmentectomy in nonintubated VATS; VATS
lobectomy for lung cancer in nonintubated anesthesia; Nonintubated
VATS tracheal and bronchial sleeve resection for lung cancer;
Nonintubated tracheal surgery; Management of intraoperative crisis
during nonintubated thoracic surgery; Team training for
nonintubated thoracic surgery; and more!
This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America, guest
edited by Dr. Joshua Sonett, is devoted to Thymectomy for
Myasthenia Gravis. Dr. Sonett has assembled expert authors to
review the following topics: Role of Thymus in the Immune System; A
Neurologist's Perspective to Understanding Myasthenia Gravis:
Clinical Perspectives of Etiology, Diagnosis and Preoperative
Treatment; A Neurologist's Perspective on Thymectomy for Myasthenia
Gravis: Current Perspective and Future Trials and Medications;
Surgical Approaches to Myasthenia Gravis: Perspective of Anatomy
and Radicality in Surgery; Surgical Techniques for Myasthenia
Gravis: VATS; Surgical Techniques for Myasthenia Gravis: RATS;
Surgical Decision Making: Thymoma and Myasthenia Gravis; Immune
Syndromes and the Thymus: Is There a Role of Thymectomy?; Surgical
Techniques for Myasthenia Gravis: Transcervical; Surgical Technique
for Myasthenia Gravis: Subxyphoid Approach; History of Thymectomy
for Myasthenia Gravis; and more!
This issue of Interventional Cardiology Clinics will explore
Updates in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Curated by the
series Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Matthew J. Price, this issue will cover
topics and advances in the field that are relevant for practicing
clinicians. This issue is one of four selected each year by Dr.
Price. The volume will include articles on: Current Concepts in
Intraprocedural Pharmacology During PCI; Periprocedural Myocardial
Infarction in Contemporary Practice; Newer Generation Metallic
Stents: Design, Performance Characteristics, and Outcomes; Distal
Transradial Access for Coronary Angiography and Intervention;
Clinical Outcomes Data for iFR-guided PCI; Culprit-only or Complete
Revascularization During STEMI in Patients with and Without Shock;
Technical Approaches to Left Main Coronary Intervention:
Contemporary Best Practices; Robotic Assisted Percutaneous Coronary
Intervention; Orbital Atherectomy: A Comprehensive Review; and
Percutaneous revascularization of spontaneous coronary artery
dissection, among others.
This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America, guest
edited by Drs. Jean Deslauriers, Farid Shamji, and Bill Nelems, is
the first of two devoted to Fundamentals of Airway Surgery. The
editors have assembled expert authors to review the following
topics: Birth of Airway Surgery and Evolution over the Past
Half-Century; Regional and Applied Anatomy of the Tracheo-Bronchial
Tree from Larynx to Segmental Bronchus; Advanced Technologies for
Imaging and Visualization of the Tracheobronchial Tree; Anesthesia
and Gas Exchange during Airway Surgery; The Importance of Good
Communications Between Anesthesiologists and Thoracic Surgeons;
Tracheal Injuries Complicating Prolonged Intubation and
Tracheostomy; Biology of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the
Tracheo-Bronchial Tree and Principles of Management; Pathology of
Primary Tracheobronchial Malignancies other than Adenoid Cystic
Carcinomas; Tuberculosis and Other Granulomatous Diseases of the
Airway; Tracheobronchomalacia and Expiratory Collapse of Central
Airways; Management of Idiopathic Laryngo-Tracheal Stenosis;
Subglottic Tracheal Resection and Synchronous Laryngeal
Reconstruction with Preservation of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerves:
The Pearson Operation; Laryngeal Split and Rib Cartilage
Interpositional Grafting: Treatment Option for Glottic/Subglottic
Stenosis in Adults; Distal Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction;
Factors Favoring and Impairing Healing of Tracheal Anastomosis;
Prophylaxis and Treatment of Complications After Tracheal
Resection; Non-Operative Endoscopic Management of Benign
Tracheo-Bronchial Disorders; From Open to Bedside Percutaneous
Tracheostomy; Anterior Mediastinal Tracheostomy; and more!
This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America, guest
edited by Dr. Sharon Ben-Or, is devoted to Thoracic Surgery in the
Special Care Patient. Dr. Ben-Or has assembled expert authors to
review the following topics: Thoracic surgery in the pregnant
patient; Thoracic surgery in early stage small cell lung cancer;
Lung cancer in the post transplant / immunosuppressed patient; The
postpneumonectomy patient; Thoracic surgery considerations in the
obese patient; Thoracic surgery considerations in the pediatric
patient; Esophagectomy after weight reduction surgery; Thoracic
surgery considerations in the mentally ill or handicapped patient;
Lung cancer with concomitant cardiac disease; Malignant pleural
effusion and the trapped lung; Empyema from an obstructing lung
cancer; Synchronous esophageal and lung cancer; Thoracic surgery
considerations in the AIDS patient; and more!
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