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.
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