Textbook Of Cardiac Intensive Care: Acute Cardiovascular Illness, Mechanical Circulatory Support,and Post-Procedural Management

When a critically ill cardiac patient deteriorates, every minute depends on clear physiology, confident interpretation, and decisive bedside management. Textbook of Cardiac Intensive Care is a comprehensive clinical reference for clinicians and advanced trainees who manage complex cardiovascular emergencies in the cardiac ICU. Built around the realities of modern cardiac critical care, it connects foundational hemodynamics with practical treatment decisions across acute coronary syndromes, cardiogenic shock, decompensated heart failure, arrhythmias, pulmonary embolism, pericardial disease, hypertensive and aortic emergencies, mechanical circulatory support, post-cardiac surgery recovery, structural intervention aftercare, transplantation, cardio-renal syndrome, special populations, and post-arrest care. Inside, you will learn how to interpret arterial, central venous, pulmonary artery, and echocardiographic data as one coherent bedside picture; choose vasopressors, inotropes, anticoagulation strategies, and hemodynamic targets based on the patient's shock phenotype; recognize and manage STEMI, NSTEMI, malignant rhythms, right ventricular failure, tamponade, and high-risk pulmonary embolism; understand IABP, Impella, TandemHeart, VA-ECMO, LVAD, RVAD, BiVAD, and total artificial heart physiology with practical monitoring priorities; navigate postoperative complications including low-output syndrome, vasoplegia, bleeding, respiratory failure, kidney injury, delirium, and wound complications; apply structured approaches to post-PCI, post-TAVR, post-MitraClip, transplant, pregnancy-related cardiac emergencies, frailty, goals of care, ethical decisions, and neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest; and use appendices for reference values, vasoactive dosing, MCS anticoagulation, SCAI staging, INTERMACS profiles, and surgical checklists. The structure is detailed enough for deep study yet organized for quick consultation during review, rounds, simulation, or protocol development. Clear chapter progression helps you connect physiology, monitoring, imaging, pharmacology, devices, perioperative complications, and recovery planning without treating them as disconnected topics. Designed for intensive care physicians, cardiologists, emergency physicians, anesthesiologists, fellows, residents, advanced practice clinicians, and critical care nurses, this book helps you move from isolated data points to integrated clinical judgment. Use it as a structured learning text, a focused clinical review, or a bedside companion for high-stakes decisions in cardiac critical care.

Pagina's: 481, Paperback, Independently published