Cardiovascular review / guest editor, Bobbi Leeper ; consulting editor, Janet Foster. - Philadelphia, PA : Saunders, c2011. - x, pages [547]-694 : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Critical care nursing clinics of North America, v. 23, no. 4 0899-5885 ; .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acute coronary syndrome / Barbara Leeper [and others] --- Acute coronary syndrome : new and evolving therapies / Paul St. Laurent -- Coronary artery bypass surgery / Tabitha South -- A journey through heart valve surgery / Mallory Piaschyk [and others] -- Cardiogenic shock / Margaret E. McAtee -- Pulmonary issues in acute and critical care : pulmonary embolism and ventilator-induced lung injury / Sonya Flanders and Sharon Gunn -- Electrolyte disorders in the cardiac patient / Carol Hinkle -- Pulmonary arterial hypertension / Mae M. Centeno -- Comprehensive care of adults with acute ischemic stroke / Patricia A. Hughes -- Diabetes and cardiovascular disease / Barbara Leeper.

This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Bobbi Leeper, MN, RN, CNS M-S, CCRN, at Baylor University Medical Center, provides review of Cardiac topics for the practicing nurse. Article topics include: Spectrum of Acute Coronary Syndromes; Mechanical Complications of AMI; Glucose Control in the Cardiovascular Patient; Pulmonary Hypertension; Pulmonary Problems in the Patient with Cardiovascular Disease; Stroke Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery; Surgery on Thoracic Aorta; Heart Valve Surgery; Complications of Cardiac Surgery; Electrolyte Disorders in the Cardiac Patient; and Cardiogenic Shock.

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CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM -- DISEASES -- TREATMENT.
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM -- DISEASES -- NURSING.
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM -- SURGERY.
HEART -- DISEASES -- TREATMENT.
HEART -- DISEASES -- NURSING.
HEART - SURGERY.

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