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The only concise handbook covering anesthetic management of congenital heart disease patients written by a team of two experienced pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists from Boston Children's Hospital.
* Ideal for use a study material during anesthesiology residency training and fellowships including adult cardiac, pediatric and pediatric cardiac anesthesia
* Perfect format for easy referral by wider members of the multidisciplinary team such as cardiologists, cardiac intensivists, perfusionists, and surgeons
* Of use as a reference to guide management of specific lesions for the pediatric anesthesiologist caring for cardiac patients presenting for non-cardiac surgery
List of contents
Preface xvii
Part I The Basics 1
1 Cardiovascular Development 3
2 Important Concepts in Congenital Heart Disease 9
3 Preoperative Evaluation 23
4 Intraoperative Management 31
5 Interpretation of Cardiac Catheterization Data 39
6 Cardiopulmonary Bypass 51
7 Mechanical Support Devices 59
Part II Specific Lesions 67
8 Patent Ductus Arteriosus 69
9 Aortopulmonary Window 73
10 Coarctation of the Aorta 77
11 Atrial Septal Defect 83
12 Ventricular Septal Defect 89
13 Atrioventricular Canal Defects 93
14 Double Outlet Right Ventricle 97
15 Truncus Arteriosus 103
16 Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return 107
17 Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction 113
18 Mitral Valve 117
19 Pulmonary Atresia/Intact Ventricular Septum (PA/IVS) 125
20 Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) 131
21 Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia (TOF/PA) 141
22 Tetralogy of Fallot with Absent Pulmonary Valve (TOF/APV) 145
23 Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) 147
24 Single?]Ventricle Lesions 161
25 Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome 181
26 Interrupted Aortic Arch 187
27 Vascular Rings 191
28 Tricuspid Atresia 195
29 Heart Transplantation 199
30 Heart-Lung and Lung Transplantation 217
31 Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA) 231
32 Heterotaxy 233
33 Ebstein Anomaly 239
Index 243
About the author
Viviane G. Nasr, MD graduated from Medical School at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon in 2003, and pursued a residency in anesthesiology at AUB and Tufts Medical Center, Boston. She completed a pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Children's National Medical Center (CNMC) in Washington DC and a pediatric cardiac anesthesia fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital. She is American Board certified in Anesthesiology and Pediatric Anesthesiology and an active member of the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society.
James A. DiNardo, MD graduated from Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School (with honors). He completed his anesthesia residency and fellowship in Cardiac Anesthesia at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He joined faculty at Boston Children's Hospital in 1999 where he currently serves as the Chief of the Division of Cardiac Anesthesia. He spends approximately one third of this clinical time as an Attending in the Cardiac ICU.
Dr DiNardo is certified in perioperative TEE and is former Chairman of the PTEeXAM Committee. He is also a Senior Oral Board Examiner for the ABA, a member of the ABA Pediatric Examination Writing Committee, and Chair of the Pediatric MOCA Examination Committee. He is Past-President of both the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society and the Association of Cardiac Anesthesiologists. He is currently the Anesthesia and Analgesia Executive Editor for Pediatric Anesthesia.
He is the author of a major textbook on cardiac anesthesia and of more than 160 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.
Summary
The only concise handbook covering anesthetic management of congenital heart disease patients written by a team of two experienced pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists from Boston Children s Hospital.
