Part I. Routine Cardiac Surgery: 1. Basic principles of cardiac surgery P. Bosco and S. A. M. Nashef; 2. Symptoms and signs of cardiac disease J.
E. Arrowsmith; 3. Diagnostic techniques A. Awwad and S. B. Agarwal; 4. Conduct of anaesthesia A. I.
Gardner; 5. Principles of cardiopulmonary bypass T. Coulson and F. Falter; 6. Weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass S. Anderson; 7. Routine early postoperative care B. Parizkova and A.
Page; 8. Common postoperative complications J. E. Arrowsmith and J. H. MacKay; Part II. Anaesthesia for Specific Procedures: 9. Aortic valve surgery P.
Catarino and J. E. Arrowsmith; 10. Mitral valve surgery J. H. Mackay and F. C. Wells; 11.
Tricuspid and pulmonary valve surgery Y. Abu Omar and J. Irons; 12. Minimally invasive and off-pump cardiac surgery B. Gibbison; 13. Thoracic aortic surgery S. Agarwal and A. C.
Knowles; 14. Surgery for cardiomyopathy and pericardial disease J. Brand and F. Falter; 15. Surgery for pulmonary vascular disease C. Y. Ng and A. J.
Roscoe; 16. Ventricular assist device implantation N. J. Lees; 17. Heart transplantation L. F. Van Der Merwe and A. D.
Ashworth; Part III. Cardiac Catheter Laboratory Procedures: 18. Electrophysiological procedures J. E. Arrowsmith; 19. Procedures for structural heart disease C. G. Densem and A.
A. Klein; Part IV. Paediatric Cardiac Surgery: 20. General principles and conduct of paediatric cardiac anaesthesia I. Walker and J. Smith; 21. Common congenital heart lesions and procedures D. J.
Barron and K. P. Morris; 22. Postoperative paediatric care J. V. Cassidy; 23. Adult congenital heart disease C. R.
Bailey and D. D. L. Wong; Part V. Cardiopulmonary Bypass: 24. Temperature management and deep hypothermic arrest C. W. Hogue and J.
E. Arrowsmith; 25. The effects of cardiopulmonary bypass on drug pharmacology B. Mets; 26. Controversies in cardiopulmonary bypass W. Tosh and C. Burt; 27. Cardiopulmonary bypass emergencies D.
Daly; 28. Non-cardiac applications of cardiopulmonary bypass J. E. Arrowsmith and J. H. Mackay; 29. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation S. Colah; Part VI.
Advanced Monitoring: 30. Cardiovascular monitoring A. Suarez and J. B. Mark; 31. Neurological monitoring H. Grocott and B. Gregson; Part VII.
Transoesophageal Echocardiography: 32. Comprehensive TOE examination A. J. Roscoe and J. Swanevelder; 33. Assessment of ventricular function A. J. Roscoe and L.
F. Miles; 34. Assessment of valvular heart disease M. Meineri and A. J. Roscoe; 35. TOE for miscellaneous conditions A. J.
Roscoe; Part VIII. Miscellaneous Topics: 36. Haematology M. Besser and K. M. P. Salaunkey; 37. Cardiac surgery during pregnancy S.
J. M Law and S. E. Round; 38. Regional anaesthesia T. W. R. Lee; 39.
Pain management after cardiac surgery S. I. Jaggar and H. C. Laycock; 40. Infection H. McCormick and J. A.
Troughton; Index.