Now in its Fourth Edition, Cardiac Surgery is a practical, heavily illustrated guide to procedures in cardiac surgery.
The book covers acquired and congenital diseases and includes surgical anatomy, surgical exposures, and step-by-step procedural details.
Pitfalls are indicated with a hazard sign and flag points of special interest with "NB" (Nota Bene).
Highlights include a new chapter on heart transplantation. Also included are updates in minimally invasive surgery and vascular and endovascular surgery.
Contents
General Considerations
- Surgical Approaches to the Heart and Great Vessels
- Preparation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass
- Myocardial Preservation
- Venting and Deairing of the Heart
Surgery for Acquired Heart Disease
- Surgery of the Aortic Valve
- Surgery of the Mitral Valve
- Surgery of the Tricuspid Valve
- Surgery of the Aorta
- Surgery for Coronary Disease
- Surgery for Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction
- Heart Transplantation
- Cardiac Tumors
- Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation
Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Pulmonary Artery Banding
- Vascular Ring and Pulmonary Artery Sling
- Systemic Pulmonary Shunting
- Atrial Septal Defect
- Total Anomalous Venous Connection
- Ventricular Septal Defect
- Atrioventricular Septal Defect
- Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
- Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
- Transposition of the Great Vessels
- Aortopulmonary Window
- Truncus Arteriosus
- Ebstein's Anomaly
- Interrupted and Hypoplastic Aortic Arch
- The Norwood Principle
- The Fontan Principle
- Coronary Artery Anomalies
Index
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