TOPICS   1. Overview 2. The clinical signs and symptoms of AV disease 3. Physiologic compensatory mechanisms of AV disease 4. Echocardiography and AV disease 5. Surgical and catheter-mediated AV…

TOPICS   1. The clinical signs and symptoms of MV diseases 2. Physiologic compensatory mechanisms of MV diseases 3. Echocardiography and MV diseases 4. Surgical and catheter-mediated approaches to the…

TOPICS   1. The patient with impaired systolic and diastolic ventricular function 2. The reoperative patient 3. The diabetic patient and perioperative glucose control 4. The vascular disease patient in…

TOPICS   1. Hemostasis and cardiac surgery 2. Prevention of blood loss during cardiac surgery 3. When to transfuse 4. Outcomes following transfusion 5. Massive transfusion and cardiac trauma 6….

TOPICS   1. Signs, Symptoms, and Diagnosis of HCM 2. Pathology of HCM 3. Medical therapy for HCM 4. Dynamic obstruction of the LVOT 5. Anesthetic management of the HCM…

TOPICS   1. Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation and the heart surgery patient 2. Ventricular assist devices: designs and indications 3. Short-term VAD placement 4. Long-term VAD placement 5. Anesthetic management of…

TOPICS   1. What are the systemic implications of pain in the cardiac surgery patient? 2. What modalities are available to treat postoperative pain? 3. Summary   Cardiac surgery can…

TOPICS   1. The clinical signs and symptoms of TV diseases 2. RV function 3. The pulmonic valve 4. Echocardiography of right heart structures and right ventricular function. 5. Surgical…

TOPICS   1. Diseases of the ascending thoracic aorta 2. Diseases of the descending thoracic aorta 3. Anesthetic management of the patient with disease of the thoracic aorta 4. Distal…

TOPICS   1. The plumbing of CPB 2. Bypassing the heart 3. Bypassing the lungs 4. Preserving the heart 5. Protecting the brain 6. Electrolytes and CPB 7. Anticoagulation and…