Cardiovascular critical care [E-Book]

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Cardiovascular Critical Care; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1: Shock; 2: Resuscitation in Intensive Care; 3: Cardiovascular Monitoring in Critical Care; 4: Cardiovascular Investigation of the Critically Ill; Colour plates; 5: Haematological Aspects of Cardiovascular Critical Care; 6: Cardiovascular Support: Pharmacological; 7: Arrhythmias; 8: Mechanical Heart Failure Therapy; 9: Care of the High Risk Patient Undergoing Surgery; 10: Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Principles of Management in Critical Care; 11: Common Complications of Cardiovascular Critical Illness.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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. The 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 arrhythmias, heart failure, adult congenital heart disease, mitral valve disease, aortic valve disease, infective endocarditis, and vasculitis. The authors also address the special problems associated with the management of conditions consequent upon pregnancy, eclampsia, and the hypertensive crisis. --From publisher's description.