Stuart Weiss

What the Anesthesiologist Should Know before the Operative Procedure Adult patients presenting for minimally invasive ASD (atrial septal defect) or VSD (ventricular septal defect)repair may have a wide range of pathologies. The location, size, and type of the shunt lesion can have major implications on the planned intervention, surgical approach, and, by extension, conduct of…

What the Anesthesiologist Should Know before the Operative Procedure The anesthesiologist should know about the exact location and extent of the mediastinal mass, its effect on adjacent anatomical structures, as well as its potential for hormonal activity. It is also important to know the goals of the planned surgical procedure, may they be diagnostic, curative…