Cardiovascular Intensive Care, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics
Published on 14. November 2013
318 pages
978-0-323-24218-9 (ISBN)
Description
This issue of Cardiology Clinics is devoted to cardiac intensive care, which involves the treatment and care of patients with critical cardiac illness. Expert authors review mechanical complications of acute MI, cardiogenic shock, acute decompensated heart failure, management of arrhythmias, use of newer antiplatelet and anticoagulant agents, and more. Keep up to date with the latest information on managing these life-threatening conditions.
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Umesh K. Gidwani | Samin K. Sharma | Annapoorna S. Kini
Cardiovascular Intensive Care, An Issue of Cardiology Clinics: Volume 31-4
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Content
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Editorial Board
- Editors
- Authors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Forthcoming Issues
- Recent Issues
- Preface: Cardiovascular Intensive Care
- From the Coronary Care Unit to the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
- Key points
- The early years
- The middle ages
- The contemporary CICU
- The multidisciplinary approach to increasingly complex patients
- Summary
- Hypertensive and Acute Aortic Syndromes
- Key points
- Introduction
- Initial evaluation: risk factors, clinical presentation, and diagnosis
- Initial therapy
- Surgical management of type A AAD
- Management of type B AAD
- Summary
- Massive Pulmonary Embolism
- Key points
- Introduction
- Pathophysiology
- Clinical presentation
- Diagnosis and risk stratification
- Management
- Anticoagulation
- Fibrinolysis
- Pulmonary embolectomy
- Catheter-directed thrombectomy
- ICU management
- Optimization of RV preload
- RV contractility
- RV afterload
- Coronary perfusion pressure
- Mechanical support
- Inferior vena cava filter
- Long-term anticoagulation
- Outcomes
- Summary
- Mechanical Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Key points
- Introduction
- Ventricular septal rupture
- Acute mitral regurgitation
- Rupture of left ventricular free wall
- Summary
- Novel Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Agents in the Cardiac Care Unit
- Key points
- Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy
- Antithrombotic therapy in the CCU: ACS
- Atrial fibrillation
- Acute VTE
- Special considerations
- Summary
- The Pulmonary Artery Catheter
- Key points
- Introduction
- Evolution of PA catheters
- Placement of balloon floatation catheters and hemodynamic measurements
- Cardiac output
- Pulmonary artery data
- Clinical applications
- Complications
- Controversy surrounding the PA catheter
- Current indications for PA catheterization
- Summary
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Key points
- Introduction
- Etiology
- Incidence
- Outcomes
- Pathophysiology
- Diagnosis
- General considerations, monitoring, and therapy
- Mechanical complications of AMI
- RV infarction
- Future directions
- Summary
- Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support in Advanced Heart Failure
- Key points
- Scope
- Evolution of the coronary care unit
- Clinical profiles and device selection
- Long-term circulatory support devices
- Troubleshooting and management
- On the horizon
- Ventricular Arrhythmias
- Key points
- Introduction
- Immediate considerations
- Nonpharmacologic therapeutic modalities
- Pharmacotherapy
- VT in patients with structural heart disease
- VT in patients with structurally normal hearts
- ES
- Summary
- Cardiac Critical Care After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
- Key points
- Preparation: understanding the patients and the procedure
- Postprocedure communication
- Global approach to critical care after TAVR
- Managing the ventilator
- Optimizing nutrition
- Anticipating, preventing, and managing common complications
- Summary
- Ventilator Management in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
- Key points
- Introduction
- Physiologic basis
- Effect of spontaneous breathing in the cardiovascular system
- Effects of intermittent positive pressure ventilation on the cardiovascular system
- Effect of PEEP on the cardiovascular system
- Type of cardiac dysfunction and effect of positive pressure ventilation
- Indications for MV in the CICU
- Oxygenation considerations
- Ventilator considerations
- NIV use in congestive cardiac failure and acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema
- Weaning issues in patients with cardiovascular disease
- Identification of patients at risk of weaning failure of cardiac origin
- Summary
- Targeted Temperature Management in Survivors of Cardiac Arrest
- Key points
- Introduction
- Rationale for the use of MTH after CA
- Historical perspective
- Application of MTH
- Commonly encountered problems during MTH
- Current outcome trends after CA in the hypothermia era
- Future perspectives and ongoing trials
- Summary
- Ethical Issues and Palliative Care in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
- Key points
- Introduction
- Ethical issues in the CICU
- Advance care planning and shared decision making
- Futility
- Interface of ethics and care at the end of life
- What is palliative care?
- Why palliative care in the ICU and how can it relate to care in the CICU?
- Structuring palliative care in the CICU
- Barriers to palliative care in the CICU
- Communication issues in the CICU
- Spiritual and emotional support of patients and families
- Palliative sedation
- Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments
- Summary
- Index
