Massachusetts General Hospital Manual of Cardiovascular Critical Care First Edition

By Aranya Bagchi

With its focus on the advanced topics and procedures employed in this specialized field, Massachusetts General Hospital Manual of Cardiovascular Critical Care provides practical, must-know information to all practitioners caring for the increasing population of critical care patients with severely compromised cardiovascular function. Drs. Aranya Bagchi, David M. Dudzinski, Jonathan Ludmir, Ivana Nikolic, and Kenneth T. Shelton lead a multidisciplinary team of authors who expertly cover cardiology, cardiac surgery, anesthesia, and mechanical circulatory support topics for all ICU clinicians who focus on cardiovascular care.

• Shares knowledge and experience gained in the relatively recent field of cardiovascular critical care—from experts in anesthesiology, cardiology, cardiac surgery, emergency medicine, and pulmonary/critical care medicine
• Provides a real-world, practical balance of , cardiac surgery and cardiac  anesthesia content, including an outstanding section on mechanical circulatory support—all with a focus on advanced, specialized coverage of this complex field
• Covers the topics that are uniquely within the scope of cardiovascular critical care: management of patients on ECMO and ventricular assist devices, the physiology of heart failure and ventricular support, management of postcardiotomy shock, and many other common clinical issues
• Inspired by the collective experiences at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Heart Center Intensive Care Unit (HCICU), to answer the question often asked by new colleagues: “Is there a resource that puts together everything in one place?

Product Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ LWW; First Edition (November 8, 2024)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 197517433X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1975174330