Cardiac Anesthesia

Introduction: How to Use this Book

Section I: Cardiac A. Common Procedures 1. Preoperative Evaluation of the Cardiac Surgical Patient 2. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting 3. Aortic Valve Surgery 4. Mitral Valve Surgery 5. Cardiac Tumor 6. Robotic CABG 7. Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery 8. Cardiac Tamponade 9. Transfusion Dilemma/Coagulation TEG 10. Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy 11. Adult Congenital Heart Disease 12. Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB) Surgery 13. Fast-track recovery 14. Aortic Stenosis in Non-cardiac surgery 15. Anesthetic Management for Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery B. Complications 16. The Dreaded Bring Backs 17. Air Embolism on Cardiopulmonary Bypass 18. Chronic Pain after Cardiac Surgery C. Non-Invasive Procedures 19. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement 20. Percutaneous Mitral Valve Procedures: Focus on Mitra Clip 21. Electrophysiology Lab 22. Cardiac implantable electronic device lead extractions D. Heart Failure Patients 23. Ventricular Assist Devices 24. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation 25. Pulmonary Hypertension 26. Anesthesia for Cardiac Transplantation E. Aortic Surgery 27. Aortic Arch Repair (Circulatory Arrest) 28. Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm-Cerebral and Spinal Cord Protection

Section II: Thoracic A. Specialized Cases 29. Robotic Thoracic Surgery 30. Mediastinal Mass Excision 31. Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy 32. Anesthesia for Lung Transplantation

Section III: Other Unique Cases 33. The Obstetric Patient for Cardiac Surgery 34. The Disruptive Provider 35. Evaluation and Anesthetic Management for Patient with Cardiac Trauma 36. ICU Management of the Cardiac Patient

Index