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Contents
- Chapter 1 A history of cardiothoracic anaesthesiaR. Peter Alston
- Chapter 2 Anatomy and pathology of the heart and major vascular systemNeil Hauser, Adriaan Myburgh, and Justiaan Swanevelder
- Chapter 3 Cardiovascular physiology, pathophysiology, and monitoringPhilip J. Peyton
- Chapter 4 Thoracic anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiologyDavid J. R. Duthie
- Chapter 5 The inflammatory response to cardiothoracic surgeryWilliam T. McBride and Esther R. McBride
- Chapter 6 Cardiovascular and pulmonary pharmacologyDavid Smith
- Chapter 7 Diagnosis and assessment of cardiac diseaseSilvana F. Marasco and Martin G. Hiscock
- Chapter 8 Diagnosis and assessment of lung diseaseGiorgio Della Rocca and Cecilia Coccia
- Chapter 9 Structural cardiac interventionMario Carminati and Angelo Micheletti
- Chapter 10 Blood gases, clinical chemistry, and acid–baseDavid Story and Philip J. Peyton
- Chapter 11 Cardiopulmonary bypassMarco Ranucci
- Chapter 12 Extracorporeal membrane oxygenationThomas Langer, Eleonora Carlesso, and Luciano Gattinoni
- Chapter 13 Mechanical support of the circulationVladimir Saplacan, Mario Gaudino, and Massimo Massetti
- Chapter 14 Hypothermia and circulatory arrestJeremy M. Bennett, Andrew Shaw, and Chad Wagner
- Chapter 15 Myocardial protection during cardiac surgeryMichael G. Irwin and Gordon Tin Chun Wong
- Chapter 16 Antithrombotic and antiplatelet therapyDavid Royston
- Chapter 17 Haemostasis managementDavid Royston
- Chapter 18 Blood managementGavin J. Murphy, Nishith N. Patel, and Nicola Curry
- Chapter 19 Anaesthesia for adult cardiac surgeryR. Peter Alston
- Chapter 20 Anaesthesia for off-pump coronary artery bypass graftingYatin Mehta and Madhur Malik
- Chapter 21 Paediatric cardiac and thoracic anaesthesiaMarco Ranucci, Giuseppe Isgrò, and Anna Cazzaniga
- Chapter 22 Anaesthesia for thoracic aortic surgeryDonna Greenhalgh
- Chapter 23 Anaesthesia for heart transplantationAndy Gaunt and Nandor Marczin
- Chapter 24 Anaesthesia for adult patients with acquired heart disease for non-cardiac surgeryAlastair F. Nimmo and Matthew T. Royds
- Chapter 25 Anaesthesia for cardiac electrophysiological interventionsBodil Steen Rasmussen
- Chapter 26 Critical care following cardiac surgeryLisen Hockings, Deirdre Murphy, and Carlos Scheinkestel
- Chapter 27 Enhanced recovery from heart surgeryStefan Probst and Jörg Ender
- Chapter 28 Ultrasound imaging in critical careAndrew Hilton
- Chapter 29 Cardiovascular complications of cardiac surgeryFabio Guarracino and Rubia Baldassarri
- Chapter 30 Pulmonary complications after cardiac surgeryRainer Thell and Michael Hiesmayr
- Chapter 31 Renal, hepatic, and gastrointestinal complications of cardiac surgerySara Jane Allen and David Sidebotham
- Chapter 32 Cerebral complications of heart surgeryThomas H. Ottens and Diederik van Dijk
- Chapter 33 Anaesthesia for thoracic surgeryJean S. Bussières and Annie Rousseau
- Chapter 34 Anaesthesia for interventional bronchoscopyCait P. Searl
- Chapter 35 Anaesthesia for lung transplantationNandor Marczin, Lakshminarasimhan Kuppurao, I. Gavin Wright, and Andre R. Simon
- Chapter 36 Postoperative thoracic surgical careMert Şentürk
- Chapter 37 Complications of thoracic surgeryPaul S. Myles
- Chapter 38 Pain relief after thoracic and cardiac surgeryDesmond P. McGlade and David A. Scott
- Chapter 39 Chronic pain after cardiothoracic surgeryLesley Colvin
- Chapter 40 Designing state-of-the-art cardiothoracic surgical suitesBill Rostenberg and D. Kirk Hamilton
- Chapter 41 Training programmes for cardiothoracic anaesthesia: curricula, administration, and evaluationsJane Heggie and W. Scott Beattie
- Chapter 42 Teamwork and minimizing errorAlan F. Merry and Jennifer M. Weller
- Chapter 43 Audit and research in cardiothoracic anaesthesiaPaul S. Myles