Cardiac Intensive Care

Description

Using a multidisciplinary, team-oriented approach, this unique title expertly covers all the latest approaches to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with critical cardiac illness. Led by Dr David L. Brown, a stellar team of authoritative writers guides you through cardiac pathophysiology, disease states presenting in the CICU, and state-of-the-art advanced diagnosis and therapeutic techniques. A visually appealing format, new chapters, and thorough updates ensure that you stay on the cutting edge of this rapidly advancing field.

Key Features

• Discusses recent changes in cardiac intensive care, including new care paradigms, new mechanical support modalities, and new therapies and interventions.
• Contains 11 new chapters: Palliative Care, Temporary Pacemaker Insertion, Pericardiocentesis, Distributive Shock, Electrical Storm, Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation after Cardiac Arrest, Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Cardiorenal Syndrome, Fulminant Myocarditis, Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy, Diagnosis and Treatment of Unstable Supraventricular Tachycardia.
• Online access features heart sounds and murmurs to accompany the chapter on history and physical examination, videos of clinical images and key procedures, frequently updated information on late-breaking clinical trials, reviews of new research publications, and more.
• Concisely yet thoroughly covers acute and severe heart failure, chronic pulmonary hypertension, life-threatening dysrhythmias, aortic dissection, and other cardiac conditions as they relate to intensive care.
• Explains drug therapy for key cardiac drugs, such as inotropes, vasodilators, anti-arrhythmics, diuretics, anticoagulants, and anti-platelets, and discusses important drug interactions.
• Ideal for all healthcare professionals involved in cardiac intensive care, including intensivists, cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, residents, fellows, cardiac nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, and nutritionists.
• Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices and contains an up to date collection of all relevant ACC/AHA and ESC guidelines.

Table of Contents

1. Section I. Introduction
   1. Evolution of the Coronary Care Unit: Past, Present, and Future
   2. Ethical Issues of Care
   3. Physical Examination
2. Section II. Scientific Foundation of Cardiac Intensive Care
   1. The Role of the Cardiovascular System in Coupling the External Environment to Cellular Respiration
   2. Regulation of Cardiac Output
   3. Coronary Physiology and Pathophysiology
   4. Pathophysiology of Acute Coronary Syndromes: Plaque Rupture and Atherothrombosis
   5. Regulation of Hemostasis and Thrombosis
3. Section III. Coronary Artery Disease
   1. Acute Myocardial Infarction
   2. Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction
   3. Use of the Electrocardiogram in Acute Myocardial Infarction
   4. Reperfusion Therapies for Acute ST- Elevation Myocardial Infarction
   5. Adjunctive Pharmacologic Therapies in Acute Myocardial Infarction
   6. Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction
   7. Post-Myocardial Infarction Cardiogenic Shock
   8. Right Ventricular Infarction
   9. Mechanical Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction
   10. Supraventricular and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Acute Myocardial Infarction
   11. Conduction Disturbances in Acute Myocardial Infarction
   12. Complications of Percutaneous Interventional Procedures
4. Section IV. Noncoronary Diseases: Diagnosis and Management
   1. Acute Heart Failure and Pulmonary Edema
   2. Acute Fulminant Myocarditis
   3. Stress (Takotsubo) Cardiomyopathy
   4. Distributive Shoc
   5. Cardiorenal Syndrome
   6. Sudden Cardiac Death
   7. Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia
   8. Diagnosis and Treatment of Unstable Supraventricular Tachycardia
   9. Acute Presentations of Valvular Heart Disease
   10. Hypertensive Emergencies
   11. Acute Aortic Syndromes: Diagnosis and Management
   12. Acute Pericardial Disease
   13. Acute Respiratory Failure
   14. Massive Acute Pulmonary Embolism
   15. Pulmonary Hypertension
   16. Hemodynamically Unstable Presentations of Congenital Heart Disease in Adults
   17. Overdose of Cardiotoxic Drugs
5. Section V. Pharmacologic Agents in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
   1. Anticoagulation: Antithrombin Therapy
   2. Anti-platelet Therapy
   3. Inotropic and Vasoactive Agents
   4. Intensive Diuresis and Ultrafiltration
   5. Antiarrhythmic Electrophysiology and Pharmacotherapy
   6. Analgesics, Tranquilizers, and Sedatives
   7. Pharmacologic Interactions
6. Section VI. Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques: Indications and Technical Considerations
   1. Central Venous Access Procedures
   2. Temporary Pacing
   3. Pericardiocentesis
   4. Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring
   5. Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
   6. Ventricular Assist Device Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure
   7. Heart Transplantation for Advanced Heart Failure
   8. Emergency Airway Management
   9. Mechanical Ventilation
   10. Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation after Cardiac Arrest
   11. Palliative Care

Author Biography

David L. Brown