RT Book, Section
A1 Wasnick, John D.
A1 Hillel, Zak
A1 Kramer, David
A1 Littwin, Sanford
A1 Nicoara, Alina
SR Print(0)
ID 8551494
T1 Chapter 15. Anesthesia in the Electrophysiology and Catheterization Laboratories
T2 Cardiac Anesthesia and Transesophageal Echocardiography
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-171798-4
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=8551494
RD 2024/04/25
AB The  number  of  diagnostic  and  therapeutic  interventions  performed  outside  of  the  operating  room  requiring  anesthesia  services  has  increased  exponentially  over  the  past  10  years.  Anesthesiologists  of  all  varieties  are  engaged  in  doctor's  offices,  ambulatory  surgery  centers,  and  endoscopy  suites.  Although  cardiac  anesthesiologists  are  most  often  involved  with  highly  invasive  heart  surgery  procedures,  they  too  find  an  increasing  part  of  their  practice  spent  outside  of  the  operating  theatre.  Evermore  complicated  catheter-mediated  procedures  are  completed  in  ever  sicker  patients  in  the  cardiac  catheterization  and  electrophysiological  laboratories.  Common  procedures  include:  diagnostic  coronary  angiography,  coronary  stenting,  percutaneous  closure  of  septal  defects,  electrophysiology  (EP)  studies,  arrhythmia  ablations,  and  implantations  of  pacemakers/cardioverter  defibrillators.  Also,  as  was  previously  discussed,  catheter-based  valve  replacements  and  repairs  are  also  being  performed.