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 …

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) …

Figure 1. The aortic arch and great vessels. only branches of the ascending aorta are the
coronary arteries. The ascending aorta is called the aortic arch as it reaches its apex. The …

Most of the patients with these disorders are men in the sixth and seventh decades of life
who have generalized arteriosclerosis that is more severe than that normally attributed to …

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are the 13th leading cause of death in the United States
1 and approximately 40,000 patients undergo elective AAA repair each year. 2 With the …

Aneurysmal disease of the thoracic aorta has an incidence of 6 to 10 per 100,000 person-
years and contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality in the United States. Of thoracic …

Diseases of the aorta are common and most are surgically correctable. 1–4 Aneurysmal
disease alone is said to account for 1% to 2% of all deaths in industrialized countries. 5 …

Anesthesia for abdominal aortic reconstruction can present some of the most difficult patient
management problems likely to be encountered by the anesthesiologist. Although the …