1: R. Peter Alston: An history of cardiothoracic anaesthesia
2: Neil Hauser, Adriaan Myburgh, and Justiaan Swanevelder: Anatomy and pathology of the heart and major vascular system
3: Philip J. Peyton: Cardiovascular physiology, pathophysiology, and monitoring
4: David J. R. Duthie: Thoracic anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology
5: William T. McBride and Esther R. McBride: The inflammatory response to cardiothoracic surgery
6: David Smith: Cardiovascular and pulmonary pharmacology
7: Silvana F. Marasco and Martin G. Hiscock: Diagnosis and assessment of cardiac disease
8: Giorgio Della Rocca and Cecilia Coccia: Diagnosis and assessment of lung disease
9: Mario Carminati and Angelo Micheletti: Structural cardiac intervention
10: David Story and Philip J. Peyton: Blood gases, clinical chemistry, and acid-base
11: Marco Ranucci: Cardiopulmonary bypass
12: Thomas Langer, Eleonora Carlesso, and Luciano Gattinoni: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
13: Vladimir Saplacan, Mario Gaudino, and Massimo Massetti: Mechanical support of the circulation
14: Jeremy M. Bennett, Andrew Shaw, and Chad Wagner: Hypothermia and circulatory arrest
15: Michael G. Irwin and Gordon Tin Chun Wong: Myocardial protection during cardiac surgery
16: David Royston: Antithrombotic and antiplatelet therapy
17: David Royston: Haemostasis management
18: Gavin J. Murphy, Nishith N. Patel, and Nicola Curry: Blood management
19: R. Peter Alston: Anaesthesia for adult cardiac surgery
20: Yatin Mehta and Madhur Malik: Anaesthesia for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
21: Marco Ranucci, Giuseppe Isgrò, and Anna Cazzaniga: Paediatric cardiac and thoracic anaesthesia
22: Donna Greenhalgh: Anaesthesia for thoracic aortic surgery
23: Andy Gaunt and Nandor Marczin: Anaesthesia for heart transplantation
24: Andy Gaunt and Nandor Marczin: Anaesthesia for adult patients with acquired heart disease for non-cardiac surgery
25: Bodil Steen-Rasmussen: Anaesthesia for cardiac electrophysiological interventions
26: Lisen Hockings, Deirdre Murphy, and Carlos Scheinkestel: Critical care following cardiac surgery
27: Stefan Probst and Jörg Ender: Enhanced recovery from heart surgery
28: Andrew Hilton: Ultrasound imaging in critical care
29: Fabio Guarracino and Rubia Baldassarri: Cardiovascular complications of cardiac surgery
30: Rainer Thell and Michael Hiesmayr: Pulmonary complications after cardiac surgery
31: Sara Jane Allen and David Sidebotham: Renal, hepatic, and gastrointestinal complications of cardiac surgery
32: Thomas H. Ottens and Diederik van Dijk: Cerebral complications of heart surgery
33: Jean S. Bussières and Annie Rousseau: Anaesthesia for thoracic surgery
34: Cait P. Searl: Anaesthesia for interventional bronchoscopy
35: Nandor Marczin, Lakshminarasimhan Kuppurao, I. Gavin Wright, and Andre R. Simon: Anaesthesia for lung transplantation
36: Mert Sentürk: Postoperative thoracic surgical care
37: Paul S. Myles: Complications of thoracic surgery
38: Desmond P. McGlade and David A. Scott: Pain relief after thoracic and cardiac surgery
39: Lesley Colvin: Chronic pain after cardiothoracic surgery
40: Bill Rostenberg and D. Kirk Hamilton: Designing state-of-the-art cardiothoracic surgical suites
41: Jane Heggie and W. Scott Beattie: Training programmes for cardiothoracic anaesthesia: Curriculums, administration, and evaluations
42: Alan F. Merry and Jennifer M. Weller: Teamwork and minimizing error
43: Paul S. Myles: Audit and research in cardiothoracic anaesthesia