Cardiac anesthesia

New edition provides up-to-date information on the latest techniques, together with essential guidance for readers administering anesthesia to cardiac surgery patients as well as cardiac patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. Also covers new information on targeted gene therapy, pharmacology of anaesthetic and cardiac drugs, transesophageal echocardiography, minimally invasive/robotic cardiac surgery, cardiac assist devices and artificial hearts, and many more cutting-edge topics.