ENGLISH

Perioperative Critical Care Cardiology

By J.L. Atlee , A. Gullo , G. Sinagra , J.L. Vincent

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2006
ISBN
88-470-0557-4, 978-88-470-0557-0
Open Library ID
OL9516227M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3531288 bytes)
Series
Topics in Anaesthesia and Critical Care
Edition
2nd ed
Pages
285\285
Topic
Medicine Cardiology
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Time added
2010-01-11 02:35:34

Description

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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