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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145575503321

Titolo

Cardiac surgery in chronic renal failure [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mark S. Slaughter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass. ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Futura, 2007

ISBN

1-281-32041-2

9786611320416

0-470-76258-6

0-470-99493-2

0-470-99492-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (114 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SlaughterMark S

Disciplina

617.4

617.41201

Soggetti

Heart - Surgery - Complications

Heart - Diseases - Complications

Chronic renal failure - Complications

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Dialysis and the chronic renal failure patient / Ejikeme O. Obasi ... [et al.] -- Percutaneous coronary revascularization in patients with end-stage renal disease / Charles A. Herzog, Khalid Ashai -- Cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with chronic renal failure: techniques and management / Michael A. Sobieski II, Mark S. Slaughter -- Coronary artery bypass grafting in dialysis-dependent renal failure patients / Matthew Forrester, William Cohn -- Surgical treatment of valvular heart disease in end-stage renal failure / Mark S. Slaughter -- Surgical evaluation and treatment of uremic pericarditis / Rosemary F. Kelly, Sara Shumway.

Sommario/riassunto

"The work focuses on a phenomenon that is occurring with increasing frequency in the practice of cardiac surgery, namely the need to address cardiac surgical issues in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). . . . this book will serve to stimulate trials of competing and complementary therapies so that the outcomes for these unfortunate



patients can be improved."-- from the Foreword by R. Morton Boltman, III, MDProfessor of Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolChief, Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Cardiovascular disease remains the most co