Cardiovascular Intensive Care, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

1st Edition, Volume 40-1 - November 16, 2023
Editors: Steven Hollenberg, Jose L. Diaz-Gomez
Language: English
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In this issue of Critical Care Clinics, guest editors Drs. Steven Hollenberg and José L. Diaz-Gomez bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Cardiovascular Intensive Care. Top experts cover key topics such as hemodynamic monitoring in the cardiac ICU; the role of ultrasound in the cardiac ICU; cardiogenic shock; management of patients after cardiac arrest; temporary mechanical circulatory support; and more.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Forthcoming Issues
Preface
The Changing Epidemiology of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Introduction
History of the coronary care unit
Changing patient demographics in the cardiac intensive care unit
Changing technologies in the cardiac intensive care unit
Evolution in cardiac intensive care unit-based systems of care
Evolving physician staffing and training models in the cardiac intensive care unit
Summary
Clinics care points
Current and Future Role of Ultrasonography in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Introduction
Critical care ultrasound – diagnostic assessment
Critical care ultrasound – prognostication
Critical care ultrasound – summary and future directions
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Cardiogenic Shock: Pathogenesis, Classification, and Management
Key points
Introduction
Epidemiology
Definitions
Pathogenesis
Classification
Initial stabilization
Etiology-guided management
Shared decision-making in cardiogenic shock
Summary
Clinics care points
Management of Patients After Cardiac Arrest
Key points
Introduction
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care Ppoints
Disclosures
Dedication
Management of Vasoplegic Shock in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit after Cardiac Surgery
Key points
Introduction
Discussion: approach to treatment de-escalation
Special populations: heart transplant and left ventricular assist device procedures
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Management of Arrhythmias in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Introduction
General considerations
Accelerated idioventricular rhythm
Bradyarrhythmia
Summary
Funding
Disclosures
Valvular Heart Disease in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Introduction
Summary
Clinics Care Points
Disclosure
Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Pulmonary hypertension and hemodynamic assessment
World Health Organization group 1
World Health Organization group 2
World Health Organization group 3
World Health Organization group 4
World Health Organization group 5
Right ventricular failure in the intensive care unit
Intensive care unit pearls: myth busters and avoiding pitfalls
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Heart Transplantation—Postoperative Considerations
Key points
Introduction
Systems-based approach to postoperative care of the heart transplant recipient
Summary
Left Ventricular Assist Device Emergencies: Diagnosis and Management
Key points
Introduction
Current scope of the left ventricular assist device patient population
Historical ventricular assist devices
Current ventricular assist device
Physical examination
Ambulatory LVAD patients
Aortic regurgitation
Perioperative management (the hyperacute presentation)
Bleeding
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Supplementary data
Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Introduction
General principles
Adult congenital heart disease classification
Common critical illness in adult congenital heart disease
Summary
Design and Execution of Clinical Trials in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Key points
Introduction
History of clinical trials in the cardiac intensive care unit
Challenges and opportunities for clinical trials in the cardiac intensive care unit
Contemporary trial design in the modern cardiac intensive care unit
Priorities for future investigation
Summary
Clinics care points
End-of-Life Planning in Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support
Key points
Introduction
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure

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