The first in the Problems in Anesthesia series, Cardiothoracic Surgery explores problematic clinical scenarios in cardiothoracic surgery anesthesia. This field is becoming more complex because increasingly diverse conditions are now treated surgically and because technology developments are changing even common treatments. Expert anesthesiologists on both sides of the Atlantic explore the cases, which range from the common (an off-pump coronary bypass) to the rare (anesthetic management of a patient with carcinoid heart disease). The case-based teaching relates the material to the clinic, and the discussion then explains different approaches. Readers learn from both the successes and the complications of the cases, and the text paves the way for further investigation and continued advancement. Both the qualified specialist and the general trainee in anesthesiology will benefit from this book.