Includes bibliographical references and index.

The cardiac surgical patient / Donald E. Martin and Charles E. Chambers -- Cardiovascular drugs / Jeffrey R. Balser, John Butterworth, and David R. Larach -- Monitoring the cardiac surgical patient / Mark A. Gerhardt and Thomas M. Skeehan -- Transesophageal echocardiography / Jack S. Shanewise -- Induction of anesthesia / Michael B. Howie and Glenn P. Gravlee -- Anesthetic management in the precardiopulmonary bypass period / Anand R. Mehta, Mark E. Romanoff, and Michael G. Licina -- Anesthestic management during cardiopulmonary bypass / Neville M. Gibbs and David R. Larach -- The postcardiopulmonary bypass period: weaning to ICU transport / Mark E. Romanoff and Roger L. Royster -- Postoperative care of the cardiac surgical patient / Mark A. Gerhard -- Anesthetic management of myocardial revascularization / Gary Okum and Jay Harrow -- Anesthetic management for the surgical treatment of valvular heart -- Disease / Mikhail R. Sukernik and Donald E. Martin -- Alternative approaches to cardiac surgery with and without cardiopulmonary bypass / James Ramsay, Michael Licina, and Anand R. Mehta -- Anesthetic management for patients with congenital heart disease / Laurie K. Davies and Daniel G. Knauf --

Anesthetic management of cardiac transplantation / Zachariah Thomas, Anne L. Rother, and Charles D. Collard -- Arrhythmia, rhythm management devices and catheter and surgical -- Ablation / Jerry C. Luck -- Coagulation management during and after cardiopulmonary bypass / Linda Shore-Lesserson, Jay Horrow, and Glenn P. Gravlee -- Surgical ventricular restoration / Benjamin C. Sun and Glenn P. Gravlee -- Cardiopulmonary bypass circuits: design and use / Alfred Stammers -- Pathophysiology of cardiopulmonary bypass / Eugene A. Hessel II and Joseph Nana Ghansah -- Circulatory assist devices / Benjamin C. Sun, Ronald Harter, and Glenn P. Gravlee -- Intraoperative myocardial protection / John W. C. Entwistle III and Andrew S. Wechsler -- Protection of the brain during cardiac surgery / John M. Murkin and Ivan Iglesias -- Anesthetic management for thoracic aneurysms and dissections / Amanda A. Fox and John R. Cooper, Jr. -- Anesthetic management for surgery of the lungs and mediastinum / Peter Slinger and Erin A. Sullivan -- Pain management for cardiothoracic procedures / Mark Stafford-Smith and Thomas M. McLoughlin, Jr.

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