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The Cardiac Consult
14/09/2009 00:00:00
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Authors
Don Poldermans FESC (Chairperson); Jeroen Bax FESC; Eric Boersma FESC; Stefan de Hert; Erik Eeckhout FESC; Gerry Fowkes; Bülent Görenek FESC; Michael G. Hennerici; Bernard Iung FESC; Malte Kelm FESC; Keld Per Kjeldsen; Steen Dalby Kristensen FESC; Jose Lopez-Sendon FESC; Paolo Pelosi; François Philippe; Luc Pierard FESC; Piotr Ponikowski FESC; Jean-Paul Schmid; Olav F. M. Sellevold; Rosa Sicari FESC; Greet Van Den Berghe; Frank Vermassen
Additional Contributors: Sanne Hoeks; Ilse Vanhorebeek
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Table of contents
Preamble and introduction
- Magnitude of the problem
- Impact of the ageing population
- Purpose
Pre-operative evaluation
- Surgical risk for cardiac events
- Functional capacity
- Risk indicessp
- Biomarkers
- Non-invasive testing
- Angiography
Risk reduction strategies
- Pharmacological
- Revascularization
Specific diseases
- Chronic heart failure
- Arterial hypertension
- Valvular heart disease
- Arrhythmias
- Renal disease
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Pulmonary disease
Perioperative monitoring
- Electrocardiographyp
- Transoesophageal echocardiography
- Right heart catherization
- Disturbed glucose metabolism
Anaesthesia
- Intraoperative anaesthetic management
- Neuraxial techniques
- Post-operative pain management
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