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This chapter describes the anaesthetic management of the patient with cardiovascular disease. The topics include ischaemic heart disease (including perioperative myocardial infarction and percutaneous coronary intervention), valvular heart disease (including prosthetic valves), congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathy, pericardial disease, and the patient with a transplanted heart. For each topic, preoperative investigation and optimization, treatment, and anaesthetic management are described.
Title: Cardiovascular disease
Description:
This chapter describes the anaesthetic management of the patient with cardiovascular disease.
The topics include ischaemic heart disease (including perioperative myocardial infarction and percutaneous coronary intervention), valvular heart disease (including prosthetic valves), congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathy, pericardial disease, and the patient with a transplanted heart.
For each topic, preoperative investigation and optimization, treatment, and anaesthetic management are described.
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