A. Cardiovascular system. Coronary artery disease is present in 40% to 80% of vascular
surgery patients, and is a major source of morbidity and mortality. Myocardial infarction (MI) …

As in any surgical endeavor, the obvious goal in anesthesia for vascular surgical procedures
is to minimize patient morbidity and maximize the surgical benefit. The anesthesiologist may …

The major goal of the preoperative assessment is to identify patients in whom the risks are
likely to be particularly high and then to consider the implications in terms of manpower …

Anesthetic management of vascular surgery is highly demanding, due to physiologic
perturbations caused by major vascular procedures, as well as the high burden of existing …

This second edition of Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery is designed to provide the
background information and approach necessary for the sophisticated and informed …

Ischemic heart disease is the most common cause of death in most developed countries.
More than 675,000 people die from ischemic heart disease each year in the United States …

The times of spectacular changes in anesthetic technique appear to be over, at least for a
while. This rather provocative statement is supported by two recent papers. Slogoff and …

Theodore H. Stanley. MDW Clayton Petty. MD Anesthesia. the Heart and the Vascular
System contains the Refresher Course manuscripts of the presentations of the 32nd Annual …