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Aorta

• Aortic stenosis pathophysiology
• Aortic stenosis and non cardiac surgery
• Aortic dissection
• Acute coronary syndromes
• Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
• Perioperative management of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysms

Electrophysiology

• Anaesthesia for hereditary anaemias (1)
• Anaesthesia for hereditary anaemias (2)
• Advances in management of electrophysiology and atrial fibrillation in the cardiac cath lab
• Cardioversion
• Ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death

Valvular and structural heart problems

• Cardiomyopathy
• Clinical presentation of right ventricular dysfunction
• Heart failure
• The right ventricle – structural and functional importance for anaesthesia and critical care
• Mitral valve surgery
• Mitral valve disease
• Diastolic dysfunction

Paediatric cardiothoracic surgery

• Anterior mediastinal masses in children
• ASD closure
• Anaesthesia for children with LVADs undergoing non-cardiac surgery
• Cardiac transplantation in children
• Fontan circulation
• Paediatric ECMO
• Single ventricle pathway in paediatrics for anaesthetists
• Tetralogy of Fallot

Thoracics

• Anaesthesia for video associated and robotic thoracic surgery
• Anaesthesia for pneumonectomy
• Anaesthesia for correction of chest wall deformities
• Empyema and lung abscess
• Hypoxia during one lung anaesthesia
• Lung volume reduction surgery
• Mediastinoscopy
• Mesothelioma
• One lung ventilation
• Pain control for thoracotomy
• Paravertebral blocks and novel alternatives
• Preoperative assessment for pneumonectomy
• Pulmonary function tests in anaesthetic practice
• Thoracic epidural analgesia

Cardiothoracic critical care

• Intraoperative ventilation and postoperative respiratory assistance
• Pulmonary hypertension in critical care
• A new heart for donation after circulatory death
• Intraaortic balloon pump counter pulsation
• Infective endocarditis

Cardiac bypass and conduct of cardiothoracic surgery

• Anaesthesia for minimally invasive cardiac surgery
• Management of coagulation during bypass
• Principles of bypass
• Preoperative assessment
• Post operative cognitive dysfunction after cardiac surgery
• Off pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Cardiac transplant

• Adult cadaveric cardiac transplant
• Post cardiac transplant anaesthesia
• Ventricular assist devices

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Recent publications related to cardiothoracic-anaesthesia from the ACTACC (Association for cardiothoracic anaesthesia and critical care)

Aprotinin in cardiac surgery

Monitoring during CPB

Complications related to perioperative TOE

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