Clinicas Anestesiologicas De Norteamerica 2008. Volumen 26 No 3: Anestesia Cardiaca: Presente Y Futuro

This issue, led by Cheng DCH, focuses on the field of cardiac anesthesia, analyzing the most relevant current issues and future directions. CONTENTS: Genomics: risk and outcome in cardiac surgery. Perioperative echocardiography: applications in two and three dimensions. Coronary bypass surgery and minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass: anesthetic considerations. Hybrid coronary bypass graft. Percutaneous aortic valve replacement. Stents in thoracic aortic aneurysms. Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization: from randomized trials to clinical practice. A review of techniques, evidence-based results and future directions. Cerebral protection in cardiac surgery. Assistance from the failing heart. Hepatic and renal protection during heart surgery. The best practice analgesic after cardiac surgery.