{"product_id":"cardiovascular-critical-care-isbn-9781405148573","title":"Cardiovascular Critical Care","description":"Remarkable improvements in cardiac survival rates have made cardiovascular critical care much more common, but no less challenging for the practitioner. This important volume draws on the skills of an expert team of editors and contributors to present a timely overview of clinical practice.  \u003cp\u003eThe book covers the full range of the field, from pre-operative assessment and the haematological complications of cardiovascular surgery and critical care to the care of patients with:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·         Arrhythmias\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·         Heart Failure\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·         Adult Congenital Heart Disease\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·         Mitral Valve Disease\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·         Aortic Valve Disease\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·         Infective Endocarditis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e·         Vasculitis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors also address the special problems associated with the management of conditions consequent upon pregnancy, eclampsia, and the hypertensive crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith high-quality illustrations and a helpful index, \u003ci\u003eCardiovascular Critical Care\u003c\/i\u003e gives you access to information that helps you provide the best possible care to your patients.\u003c\/p\u003e  Contributors.  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Shock (\u003ci\u003eMarius Terblanche and Nicole Assmann\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Resuscitation in Intensive Care (\u003ci\u003eDavid A. Zideman\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Cardiovascular Monitoring in Critical Care (\u003ci\u003eMichael R. Pinsky\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Cardiovascular Investigation of the Critically Ill (\u003ci\u003eSusanna Price and Jeremy J. Cordingley\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Haematological Aspects of Cardiovascular Critical Care (\u003ci\u003eKanchan Rege and Mark J.D. Griffiths\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Cardiovascular Support: Pharmacological (\u003ci\u003eJoseph E. Arrowsmith and Florian Falter\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Arrhythmias (\u003ci\u003eHugh Montgomery and Vivek Sivaraman\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Mechanical Heart Failure Therapy (\u003ci\u003eRichard Trimlett\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Care of the High Risk Patient Undergoing Surgery (\u003ci\u003eJustin Woods and Andrew Rhodes\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Principles of Management in Critical Care (\u003ci\u003eSusanna Price and Brian Keogh\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Common Complications of Cardiovascular Critical Illness (\u003ci\u003eSimon J. Finney and Mark J.D. Griffiths\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Haemodynamic Management of Severe Sepsis (\u003ci\u003eJean-Louis Vincent\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Acute Coronary Syndromes and Myocardial Infarction (\u003ci\u003eAlex Hobson and Nick Curzen\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Cardiogenic Shock (\u003ci\u003eDivaka Perera and Gerald S. Carr-White\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 Peri-operative Care of the Heart Transplant Recipient (\u003ci\u003eKeith McNeil and John Dunning\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Adult Congenital Heart Disease Syndromes (\u003ci\u003eAntonia Pijuan Domènech, Katerina Chamaidi and Michael A. Gatzoulis\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 Management of Arrhythmias in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease (\u003ci\u003eBarbara J. Deal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18 Mitral Valve Disease (\u003ci\u003eSusanna Price and Derek Gibson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19 Aortic Valve Disease (\u003ci\u003eSusanna Price and Derek Gibson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20 Infective Endocarditis (\u003ci\u003eDavid Hunter and John Pepper\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21 Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure (\u003ci\u003eAlain Vuylsteke\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22 Aortic Dissection (\u003ci\u003eManinder S. Kalkat, Vamsidhar B. Dronavalli, David Alexander and Robert S. Bonser\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23 Emergency Management of Cardiac Trauma (\u003ci\u003eJames Napier and Mark Messent\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 24 Hypertensive Crises (\u003ci\u003eLiao Pinhu and Mark J.D. Griffiths\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 25 Pregnancy (\u003ci\u003eLorna Swan\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 26 Vasculitis (\u003ci\u003eLorna Swan\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 27 Endocrine Problems and Cardiovascular Critical Care (\u003ci\u003ePhil Marino and Susanna Price\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 28 Haemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy: A Personal History 1961–1994 (\u003ci\u003eRonald Bradley\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe colour plate section.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“This book deserves to become a core reference text for clinicians working in cardiovascular critical care … Nevertheless, it is an excellent, up to date source of information for all members of the cardiovascular critical care team.”  (\u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Cardiac Nursing\u003c\/i\u003e, 6 June 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e  Edited by \u003cb\u003eMark J.D. Griffiths, MRCP, PhD, EDICM, BDICM\u003c\/b\u003e, Consultant Physician, Adult Intensive Care Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy J. Cordingley, MBBS, MRCP, FRCA, EDICM\u003c\/b\u003e, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusanna S. Price MB, BS, BSc, MRCP, EDICM, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, Consultant Cardiologist and Intensivist, Royal Brompton \u0026amp; Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK\u003c\/p\u003e  Remarkable improvements in cardiac survival rates have made cardiovascular critical care much more common, but no less challenging for the practitioner. 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