Cardiac surgery in Wessex.

Anesthesia Issues in Cardiac Surgery

The principle of anaesthesia for open-heart surgery is based on simplicity, safty and light­plane of anaesthesia. As a result of the special pathophysiology, grave general status, compli­cations threatening these patients during and after the operation and the abundance of medicines available nowadays, it is very important for the anaesthetist to be acquainted with the pathophysiological and ph...

Centres of excellence: the Wessex Cardiac Centre.

Cardiac surgery in Wessex: review of 1000 consecutive open-heart procedures.

The regional structure of the National Health Service enables specialist regional units to monitor both the amount and the quality of the work they do in relation to the population they serve and the facilities at their disposal. This applies particularly to the specialist unit holding a monopoly position in its region such as the cardiac surgical service in Wessex. This paper reports a review ...

Anesthesia in Cardiac Surgery (Open-Closed Heart)

In this paper the duties of an anesthesiologist and his right of i=;electing patient is discussed. La,ter, we di:=:cuss the <::mergencies cf heart surgery, pre up visit and alsc few dcails of pre up medication cf thei,e pati<mts. We also touch on the stages of anesthPsia and point to our preference for the use cf artery and vein for arterial and venous cannulation. In this paper we discuss in b...

Wessex cardiac surgery follow-up survey: the quality of life after operation.