Current Issue February 2012, Vol. 26, No. 1

Issue Highlights

  • The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2011
    February 2012 (Vol. 26 | No. 1 | Pages 3-10)

    Prakash A. Patel, Harish Ramakrishna, Michael Andritsos, Tygh Wyckoff, Hynek Riha, John G.T. Augoustides

  • Pilot Implementation of a Perioperative Protocol to Guide Operating Room–to–Intensive Care Unit Patient Handoffs
    February 2012 (Vol. 26 | No. 1 | Pages 11-16)

    Michelle A. Petrovic, Hanan Aboumatar, William A. Baumgartner, John A. Ulatowski, Jenny Moyer, Tracy Y. Chang, Melissa S. Camp, Janet Kowalski, Carolyn M. Senger, Elizabeth A. Martinez

  • A Comparative Evaluation of Transesophageal and Transthoracic Echocardiography for Measurement of Left Ventricular Systolic Strain Using Speckle Tracking
    February 2012 (Vol. 26 | No. 1 | Pages 17-25)

    Carlo E. Marcucci, Zainab Samad, Jose Rivera, David B. Adams, Barbara G. Philips-Bute, Aman Mahajan, Pamela S. Douglas, Solomon Aronson, G. Burkhard Mackensen, Mihai V. Podgoreanu, Joseph P. Mathew, Madhav Swaminathan

  • A Randomized, Double-Blind Trial Comparing Continuous Thoracic Epidural Bupivacaine With and Without Opioid in Contrast to a Continuous Paravertebral Infusion of Bupivacaine for Post-thoracotomy Pain
    February 2012 (Vol. 26 | No. 1 | Pages 83-89)

    Jay S. Grider, Timothy W. Mullet, Sibu P. Saha, Michael E. Harned, Paul A. Sloan

  • Anesthesia for Interventional Cardiology
    February 2012 (Vol. 26 | No. 1 | Pages 134-147)

    Mark Hayman, Paul Forrest, Peter Kam

  • Duration of Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Outcome
    30 January 2012

    Franklin Dexter

  • Response: Role of True Cardiopulmonary Bypass Time and Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiopulmonary Bypass
    30 January 2012

    Avinash B. Kumar, Manish Suneja

  • Should Cervical and Thoracic Osteophytes Be a Contraindication for Transesophageal Echocardiography in Cardiac Surgery?
    30 January 2012

    Hany Elsayed, Michael Shackcloth

  • Improvement of PaO2 During One-Lung Ventilation With Partial Left-Heart Bypass in Pediatric Patients Is Caused by Increased Blood Flow to the Dependent Lung
    30 January 2012

    Koichi Yuki, Kelly Chilson, James A. DiNardo

  • Postoperative N-terminal Pro–Brain Natriuretic Peptide Level in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery With Ventricular Dysfunction After Perioperative Glucose-Insulin-Potassium Treatment
    30 January 2012

    Mahnoosh Foroughi, Hossein Rahimian, Ali Dabbagh, Masood Majidi, Manoucher Hekmat, Mahmood Beheshti, Mehran Shahzamani

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Ranked 17th out of 26 journals
in the ISI ANESTHESIOLOGY category.

2010 Journal Impact Factor: 1.596
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The Official Journal of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists (EACTA) and the Chinese Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesiologists (ICCAF), Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia is aimed at anesthesiologists who deal with patients undergoing cardiac, thoracic or vascular surgical procedures. JCVA features a multidisciplinary approach, publishes clinically relevant material, and encourages innovative submissions from all continents.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia is published by Elsevier.