Management of Bleeding in Cardiovascular Surgery

This new book provides an up-to-date review of the most important developments and new agents employed to manage bleeding associated with all types of cardiovascular surgery. Specialists in the fields of anaesthesia, cardiology, and haematology share their expertise and insights on how postoperative bleeding can be prevented, reduced, or controlled. The importance of a team effort and knowledge of anticoagulation, hemostasis, and pharmacology is stressed in terms ofpreventing postoperative bleeding.Encompasses the viewpoints of various specialists involved with the control of bleeding.