Anesthesia and Perioperative Care for Aortic Surgery

Kathirvel Subramaniam, MD Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Presbyterian Hospital Pittsburgh, PA USA Kyung W. Park, MD, MBA Professor of Clinical Anesthesia and of Surgery Associate Vice President/Physician Director of Perioperative Services The Ohio State University Medical Center Columbus, OH USA Balachundhar Subramaniam, MBBS, MD Assistant Professor of Anesthesia Harvard Medical School Director, Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology Research Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA USA

• 1.Applied Anatomy of the Aorta.- 2.Acute Aortic Syndrome.- 3.Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation before Aortic Surgery.- 4.Role of Echocardiography in Aortic Surgery.- 5.Operative Techniques in Surgery of the Proximal Thoracic Aorta and Aortic Arch.- 6.Anesthesia for surgery of the ascending aorta aortic arch.- 7.Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.- 8.Cerebral Monitoring During Aortic Surgery.- 9.Understanding Open Repair of the Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aorta.- 10.Anesthesia for Descending Aortic Surgery.- 11.Spinal Cord Protection Strategies.- 12.Understanding Endovascular Aortic Surgery: Endovascular Repair of Aortic Aneurysmal Disease.- 13.Anesthesia for Endovascular Aortic Surgery.- 14.Anesthesia for Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.- 15.Renal Protection Strategies.- 16.Comprehensive Management of Patients with Traumatic Aortic Injury.- 17.Anesthesia for Adult Congenital Aortic Surgery.- 18.Atherosclerosis of the aorta and prevention of neurological dysfunction after cardiac surgery.- 19.Postoperative Care After Aortic Surgery.

From the reviews:“Anesthesia and Perioperative Care for Aortic Surgery … is a multi-authored American book providing an in-depth review of anaesthesia for surgery of the entire aorta. … The individual chapters are generally well written and laid out with a good selection of relevant images and a balanced discussion of the evidence base for clinical practice. … In summary, this is a well written, comprehensive book which will … certainly be of value to those practicing vascular or cardiothoracic anaesthesia.” (G. Woodward and S. Howell, British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol. 111 (4), October, 2013)“Anesthesia and Perioperative care for Aortic Surgery is well presented and easy to read. It is certainly to be recommended to vascular, cardiac, and thoracic anesthesiologists and as an important addition to anesthesia libraries as a reference source.” (Elizabeth A. M. Frost, Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, Vol. 25 (1), January, 2013)“It is the only currently available textbook to focus specifically on perioperative care of the aortic surgery patient… . The range of subjects chosen by the editors attests to their experience in the field… . The wonderful images within the book, comprising diagrams, photographs, and  radiographic images, easily facilitate the explanation of complex aortic anatomy and surgical techniques. … a valuable … reference source for … all clinicians involved in aortic surgery.” (Christine Fedorow and Hilary Grocott, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, December, 2012)“Its attention to spinal cord and brain protection, deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, and endovascular procedures broadens the audience to critical care physicians, surgeons, and neurologists. …This is a wonderful, easy-to-read, well-illustrated book on aortic surgery. It is ideally suited for anesthesia residents in a program with a vascular rotation, as it can easily be read in a week ortwo.” (Martin H. Dauber, Doody's Book Reviews, June 17, 2011)