Assessment in Surgical Procedures for Congestive Heart Failure Alina M. Grigore Randall R. Joe Robert M. Savage Nicholas J. Smedira IMPACT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE ON THE POPULATION Congestive heart…
Assessment for Noncardiac Surgery Albert C. Perrino Jr. Scott T. Reeves The introduction of commercial TEE systems in the mid-1980s was greeted with considerable enthusiasm by cardiac anesthesiologists recognizing the…
Assessment of the Aorta Marc Kanchuger Ellise Delphin The first successful reparative surgery of the thoracic aorta occurred between 1949 and 1953, without the benefit of sophisticated diagnostic equipment, or…
Assessment in Cardiac Intervention Ivan P Casserly E. Murat Tuzcu Patrick L. Whitow Mario Garcia Robert M. Savage Although many challenges remain in the field of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI),…
Assessment in Aortic Valve Surgery Christopher A. Troianos Lori Heller Maged Argalious Intraoperative echocardiography during aortic valve surgery provides critical information for surgical decision-making and hemodynamic management. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)…
Surgical Considerations in Nontransplant Surgery for Congestive Heart Failure Indu Deglurkar Kathy J Hoercher Patrick M. McCarthy The ever-increasing incidence of heart failure, coupled with poorly met demands for donor…
Surgical Considerations in Aortic Valve Surgery Cristiano N. Faber Nicholas G. Smedira Aortic valve disease is the number one indication for valve replacement. At the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the number…
Pathophysiology of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure James B. Young Though many clinicians believe they can easily describe a patient with heart failure, in fact, the definition of the syndrome…
Assessment of Cardiac Transplantation Mihai V. Podgoreanu Joseph P. Mathew Although Barnard performed the first human cardiac transplant in 1967, it was only by the early 1980s that it gained…
Assessment of Cardiomyopathies Mark A. Chaney DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION OF CARDIOMYOPATHIES Cardiomyopathies, once defined as “heart muscle diseases of unknown cause,” are now classified by their dominant pathophysiology or pathogenetic…
