Full Description
This atlas provides a comprehensive overview of the current techniques practised in a leading cardiac surgical institution. It offers an up-to-date review of procedures, authored by foremost surgeons in each specialist area. Richly illustrated, its aim is to serve as an appealing "go-to" text for training and practising cardiac surgeons.
Contents
1 Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.- 2 Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.- 3 Surgical Treatment of Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect and Free Wall Rupture.- 4 Complications of Myocardial Infarction: Papillary Muscle Rupture.- 5 Timing of Heart Valve Surgery.- 6 Surgery for Aortic Valve Replacement.- 7 Aortic Root Enlargement Techniques.- 8 Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement.- 9 Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement.- 10 Surgical Access to the Mitral Valve.- 11 Surgical Correction of Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease.- 12 Surgery of Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease.- 13 Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis.- 14 Tricuspid Valve Disease Techniques.- 15 Tricuspid Valve Replacement.- 16 Aortic Arch and Ascending Aorta Replacement.- 17 Cardio-Pulmonary Transplantation: An Overview.- 18 The Donor Operation.- 19 Orthotopic Heart Transplantation.- 20 Heart-Lung Transplantation.- 21 Mechanical Circulatory Support and DCDD HeartTransplantation.- 22 Pulmonary Endarterectomy Surgery.- 23 Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis.
