proceedings

in Intensive Care
Cardiovascular Anesthesia

ConTEnTS 3

n EditoriAl...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4

n tEAching ArticlE
pazienti con stenosi valvolare aortica: come utilizzare le informazioni
ecocardiografiche nel decision making perioperatorio...................................................................................................................... 7
M. Oppizzi

n originAl ArticlE
Quality improvement in cardiac critical care .................................................................................................................................................. 16
K. Lobdell, S. Camp, S. Stamou, R. Swanson, M. Reames, J. Madjarov, R. Stiegel, E. Skipper,
R. Geller, B. Velardo, A. Mishra, F. Robicsek

fluid responsiveness and right ventricular function in cardiac surgical patients.

A multicenter study............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................21
M. Ranucci, A. Pazzaglia, L. Tritapepe, F. Guarracino, M. Lupo, V. Salandin, P. del Sarto, A. Condemi,
R. Campodonico, G. Laudani, D. Pittarello, L. Belloni, for the Ri.Ve.R. (Right Ventricle Research) Group

institutional response to fdA warning on aprotinin and impact on outcomes........................... 30

M. Swaminathan, M. Stuart, G.C. Hughes, J. Jaggers, S.E. Hill, C.A. Milano,
E. Bennett-Guerrero, M. Stafford-Smith

Anomalies and variant anatomy of the aorta and the supra-aortic vessels:
additional challenges met by hybrid procedures ...................................................................................................................................... 37
F. Setacci, P. Sirignano, G. de Donato, E. Chisci, G. Galzerano, C. Setacci

management of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms...................................................................................................................... 45

R. Chiesa, E. Civilini, G. Melissano, D. Logaldo, F.M. Calliari, L. Bertoglio, A. Carozzo, R. Mennella

n rEViEw
hemodynamic goal-directed therapy. A review........................................................................................................................................... 54
S. Romagnoli, S.M. Romano, S. Bevilacqua, C. Lazzeri, F. Ciappi, D. Dini, C. Pratesi, G.F. Gensini

n cASE - SEriES
remifentanil to treat hypertension in overweight patients during
a fentanyl-based cardiac anesthesia A case series ................................................................................................................................. 59
P. Grassi, P. Amato, G. Berlot

n pApErS, poStErS, prESEntAtionS:

communicAting thE biomEdicAl SciEncES
Solving the initial problems involved in the writing of a biomedical paper
for publication in a peer-review journal ................................................................................................................................................................... 63
M. John