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Contents
- Front Matter
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 The heart and its valves Professor R Anderson and Dr J Chikwe
- Chapter 2 Cardiac physiology Dr B Martin and Dr A Campbell
- Chapter 3 Cardiovascular drugs Dr M Barnard and Dr M Lees
- Further reading
- Table
4.4 Abbreviated New York Heart
Association criteria
- Chapter 5 Central nervous system Dr J Arrowsmith
- Chapter 6 Haematology Dr A Cohen and Dr D Farran
- Chapter 7 The inflammatory response Dr L Kevin
- Chapter 8 Renal Dr A Smith, Dr S Webb, and Dr S Allen
- Chapter 9 Respiratory implications of cardiac surgery Dr B Woodcock
- Chapter 10 Infection Dr P Wilson
- For those
with prosthetic valve endocarditis
- Chapter 11 Interventional cardiology and coronary artery disease Dr M Westwood and Dr C Dollery
- Chapter 12 Interventions in congenital heart disease Dr S Cullen
- Chapter 13 Electrophysiological procedures Dr P Lambiase and Dr M Lowe
- Chapter 14 Cardiac surgery Mr J Yap
- Further reading
- Chapter 15 Preoperative assessment and investigations Dr M Barnard, Dr W Davies, and Dr B Martin
- Chapter 16 Monitoring Professor J Mark and Dr A Barbeito
- Chapter 17 Trans-oesophageal echocardiography Dr S Wright
- Chapter 18 Cardiopulmonary bypass Dr M Barnard and Dr B Martin
- Chapter 19 Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest Dr J Gothard and Dr A Kelleher
- Chapter 20 Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation Dr A Rosenberg
- Chapter 21 Ventricular assist devices Dr A Rosenberg
- Chapter 22 Postoperative care Dr G Hopgood and Dr C Hamilton Davies
- Chapter 23 Anaesthesia for coronary artery disease Dr J Mackay
- Chapter 24 Off-pump surgery Dr E Ashley
- Chapter 25 Aortic valve surgery Dr M Barnard and Dr B Martin
- Chapter 26 Surgery of the thoracic aorta Dr K Grebenik
- Chapter 27 Mitral valve surgery Dr B Martin and Dr M Barnard
- Chapter 28 Other valve disease Dr M Barnard and Dr B Martin
- Chapter 29 Paediatric congenital heart disease Dr A McEwan
- Chapter 30 Adult congenital heart disease Dr M Barnard and Dr B Martin
- Chapter 31 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Dr M Barnard and Dr B Martin
- Chapter 32 Anaesthesia for heart failure and transplantation Dr S George and Dr A Gaunt
- Chapter 33 Urgent cardiac procedures Dr K Grebenik
- Chapter 34 Anaesthesia for electrophysiology procedures Dr E Ashley
- Chapter 35 Cardiac disease in pregnancy Dr F Walker
- End Matter
