Kaplan`s Cardiac Anesthesia : Perioperative and Critical Care Management 8th edition

Selected for 2026 Doody\'s Core Titles in Anesthesiology & Pain
Medicine**Current, comprehensive, and evidence-based, Kaplan\'s Cardiac
Anesthesia: Perioperative and Critical Care Management, 8th Edition,
offers practical guidance from today’s international leaders in cardiac
anesthesiology, helping you to optimize perioperative outcomes, avoid
complications, and ensure maximum patient safety. Dr. Joel A.


Kaplan, along with an expert team of associate editors, guides you
through today’s clinical challenges, including expanded coverage of
critical care, the newest approaches to perioperative assessment and
management, state-of-the art diagnostic techniques, and cardiovascular
and coronary physiology. Covers the full spectrum of contemporary
cardiothoracic anesthesia practice, including preoperative assessment,
physiology, pharmacology, monitoring, transesophageal echocardiography,
coagulation, specific cardiac procedures, extracorporeal circulation,
postoperative pain treatment, and management of the complex patient with
cardiac diseaseIncludes expanded coverage of critical care topics,
reflecting the increased perioperative care now provided by
anesthesiologists in the ICUContains new chapters on Structural Heart
Disease Procedures; Cardiorespiratory Effects of COVID-19; Critical Care
Ultrasound; Intensive Unit Management of Patients on Mechanical
Circulatory Support; and Postoperative Care of the Heart and Lung
Transplant PatientFeatures more than 900 full-color illustrations,
decision trees, charts, and graphs (over one-third are new) that aid in
visual understanding of complex topicsProvides access to over 120
videos, including a range of echocardiography clipsContains balanced,
dependable, and updated content on all aspects of the anesthetic
management of cardiac surgical procedures, as well as cardiology
procedures performed in catheterization and electrophysiologic
laboratoriesPlaces new emphasis on cardiac devices requiring
perioperative care, including cardiac implanted electrical devices and
ventricular assist devicesAn eBook version is included with purchase.
The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references,
with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and
highlights, and have content read aloud