This book offers a comprehensive overview of the basic physiology of the cardiac and pulmonary systems, tools for cardiopulmonary monitoring, and related issues in the management of specific conditions. The volume is divided into three main parts. The first part examines the functional basis of normal and abnormal physiology, organized into cardiac and pulmonary units and followed by a “combined” interactive component. The next section discusses cardiopulmonary monitoring tools and variables and is also divided into cardiac (e.g, echocardiography, heart rate, cardiac output), pulmonary (e.g, lung volume, pleural pressure, electrical impedance tomography), and combined tools such as radiology/MRI and tissue perfusion tests. The third section concerns the management and application of specific clinical problems such as pulmonary hypertension, cardiac shunts, cardiogenic shock, and ECMO with an emphasis on the physiological basics. /div Cardiopulmonary Monitoring: Basic Physiology, Tools, and Bedside Management for the Critically Ill is an essential resource for physicians, residents, fellows, medical students, and researchers in cardiology, critical care, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, and radiology.

One of the most time-consuming tasks in clinical medicine is seeking the opinions of specialist colleagues. There is a pressure not only to make referrals appropriate but also to summarize the case in the language of the specialist. This book explains basic physiologic and pathophysiologic mechanisms of cardiovascular disease in a straightforward manner, gives guidelines as to when referral is appropriate, and, uniquely, explains what the specialist is likely to do. It is ideal for any hospital doctor, generalist, or even senior medical student who may need a cardiology opinion, or for that ma.

The Complete Guide to Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring and Full Disclosure Telemetry is a one-of-a-kind text designed to educate health care practitioners on the accurate and precise interpretation of output data from ambulatory monitoring devices. This invaluable resource offers practicing physicians, residents, medical students and telemetry-monitoring technicians a first-ever instructional guide to detecting the often minute waveform anomalies presented by full disclosure EKG testing and Holter monitoring in patients with cardiac arrhythmias. Through detailed EKG graphics and readily accessible content written from the physician’s perspective, The Complete Guide to Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring and Full Disclosure Telemetry covers a wide range of signatures associated with arrhythmias, including heart blocks, wide QRS rhythms and ventricular tachycardia, as well as information on cardiac devices such as pacemakers and ICDs. The Complete Guide to Ambulatory Cardiac Monitoring and Full Disclosure Telemetry is an essential resource, enabling physicians to efficiently analyze intricate EKG data with confidence­—and to make assured, and correct, medical evaluations.

An atlas of tracings of the electrocardiogram, arterial blood pressure, central venous pressure, pulmonary artery pressure and electrocardiographic images of the cardiac surgical patient. It illustrates, through the bedside hemodynamic monitor, normal and abnormal cardiac physiology and anatomy as well as diagnostic clues to all common cardiovascular conditions requiring surgical treatment. Interpretation and understanding are the goals of the atlas. It includes excellent line drawings and graphs which are superior to anything else currently available.

This book covers the latest information on the anatomic features, underlying physiologic mechanisms, and treatments for diseases of the heart. Key chapters address animal models for cardiac research, cardiac mapping systems, heart-valve disease and genomics-based tools and technology. Once again, a companion of supplementary videos offer unique insights into the working heart that enhance the understanding of key points within the text. Comprehensive and state-of-the art, the Handbook of Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology and Devices, Third Edition provides clinicians and biomedical engineers alike with the authoritative information and background they need to work on and implement tomorrow’s generation of life-saving cardiac devices.