Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia: The Echo Era

Optimize perioperative outcomes with Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia! Dr. Joel L. Kaplan and a host of other authorities help you make the best use of the latest techniques and navigate your toughest clinical challenges. Whether you are administering anesthesia to cardiac surgery patients or to cardiac patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery, you'll have the guidance you need to avoid complications and ensure maximum patient safety. Inside this edition you'll find state-of-the-art coverage of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), minimally invasive/robotic cardiac surgery, cardiac assist devices and artificial hearts, cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy, and many other cutting-edge topics. You can also access the complete contents online at www.expertconsult.com, along with a library of 2-D and 3-D TEE videos and an ECG atlas.

• Update your understanding cardiovascular and coronary physiology, and the latest advances in molecular biology and inflammatory response mechanisms.

  Master the newest approaches to perioperative assessment and management, including state-of-the art diagnostic techniques.

• Tap into the latest knowledge about 2D and 3D transesophageal echocardiography, anesthesia delivery for minimally invasive/robotic cardiac surgery, assist devices and artificial hearts, cardiac pacing, cardiac resynchronization therapy, ablation techniques, and more.

 

• Access the complete contents online as well as an ECG atlas, and view 2-D and 3-D TEE techniques in real time, at www.expertconsult.com.

 

• Clearly visualize techniques with over 800 full-color illustrations.

"This comprehensive textbook of cardiac anesthesiology integrates basic science with clinically relevant studies to provide an evidence-based approach to the clinical care of cardiac patients. It serves as the authoritative reference for the field and, as such, provides a thorough, referenced, evidence-based treatment of the subject. Overall, this is a worthy update of a fine textbook that will be valuable to practitioners and trainees in cardiac anesthesia, while serving as a reference for anesthesiologists who care for patients with significant cardiac disease. Of note, the significant revisions in this edition make acquiring it a consideration for owners of previous editions."- Muoi A. Trinh, MD, Doody's 4 Stars!