Simulation in Cardiovascular Critical Care Medicine

​Ronald A. Bronicki, MD Texas Children's Hospital Baylor College of MedicineDepartment of Pediatrics Houston, TXUSA  Daniel Burkhoff, MD, PhD Columbia University Associate Professor of MedicineNew York, NY USA  Sebastian Tume, MD Texas Children's Hospital Baylor College of MedicineDepartment of PediatricsHouston, TXUSA

• Chapter ​1: Introduction on CV physiology and pathophysiology using the ventricular pressure volume relation and time varying elastance model.- Chapter 2: Review of hemodynamic monitoring & vasoactive agents.- Chatper 3: Simulation generated clinical vignette on cardiogenic shock.- Chapter 4: Simulation generated clinical vignette on mechanical circulatory support.- Chapter 5: Simulation generated clinical vignetted on cardiomyopathies.- Chapter 6: Review of ventricular response to a volume load followed by simulation generated clinical vignettes on aortic and mitral regurgitations (acute, chronic compensated and chronic decompensated states).- Chapter 7: Review of ventricular response to a pressure load followed by simulation generated clinical vignettes on systemic & pulmonary hypertension and aortic stenosis (acute, chronic compensated and decompensated states).- Chapter 8: Heart Lung interactions: underlying principles and simulation generated vignettes on diastolic and systolic heart failure.