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Table of Contents

1 Preoperative Preparation.- Routine Preparation.- Medication Management.- Patient and Family Preparation.- 2 Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery.- Monitoring.- Myocardial Protection: The Anesthesiologist’s Role.- Anesthetic Agents.- Paralyzing Agents.- Vasodilators.- Anesthetic Methods.- 3 Preparation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass.- Skin Preparation and Draping.- Cannulation.- 4 Conduct of Cardiopulmonary Bypass.- Standard Bypass.- Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Neonates and Children.- 5 Myocardial Preservation.- Operative (Mechanical) Coronary Perfusion.- Normothermic Ischemic Arrest.- Ischemia Modified by Topical Hypothermia.- Cold Cardioplegic Arrest.- Warm Blood Cardioplegia.- 6 Postoperative Care.- Routine Monitoring.- Routine Therapy.- Problems.- 7 Low Cardiac Output: Pathophysiology and Treatment.- Determinants of Cardiac Output.- Manipulation of Preload.- Manipulation of Afterload.- Manipulation of Myocardial Contractility.- Indications for Intraaortic Balloon Counterpulsation.- Technique of Intraaortic Balloon Insertion.- 8 Coronary Artery Surgery.- Coronary Artery Anatomy.- Coronary Arteriography.- Noninvasive Methods of Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease.- Indications for Surgery.- Surgical Strategy.- Surgical Technique.- Results.- 9 Left Ventricular Aneurysm.- Resection.- 10 Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect.- Indications for Surgery.- Surgical Strategy.- Surgical Anatomy.- Surgical Technique.- Results.- 11 Mitral Valve Surgery.- With Alain Carpentier Commissurotomy.- Valvuloplasty/Anuloplasty.- Replacement.- 12 Aortic Valve Surgery.- Valvotomy.- Replacement.- Surgical Relief of Other Forms of Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction.- 13 Tricuspid Valve Surgery.- With Alain Carpentier Anuloplasty.- Commissurotomy.- Replacement.- 14 Patent Ductus Arteriosus.- Indications for Surgery.- Surgical Strategy.- Surgical Anatomy.- Surgical Technique.- 15 Coarctation of the Aorta.- Percutaneous Balloon Angioplasty.- Indications for Surgery.- Surgical Strategy.- Surgical Anatomy.- Surgical Technique.- Postoperative Paradoxical Hypertension.- Results.- 16 Systemic-Pulmonary Shunts.- History.- Classic Blalock-Taussig Shunt.- Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt.- Central Shunt.- 17 Pulmonary Valve Stenosis.- Percutaneous Balloon Valvuloplasty.- Pulmonary Valvotomy.- 18 Atrial Septal Defects.- Indications for Surgery.- Sinus Venosus Defect.- Ostium Secundum Defects.- Ostium Primum Defect.- 19 Complete Atrioventricular Canal.- Indications for Surgery.- Surgical Strategy.- Surgical Anatomy.- Surgical Technique.- Results.- 20 Ventricular Septal Defects.- Indications for Surgery.- Choice of Operation.- Surgical Strategy.- Surgical Anatomy.- Surgical Technique.- 21 Tetralogy of Fallot.- Indications for Surgery.- Surgical Strategy.- Surgical Anatomy.- Surgical Technique.- Late Results.- 22 Transposition of the Great Arteries.- Indications for Surgery.- Choice of Operation.- Surgical Strategy.- Arterial Switch Procedure.- Senning Operation.- Mustard Operation.- 23 Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection.- Indications for Surgery.- Surgical Strategy.- Supracardiac Type.- Cardiac Type.- Infracardiac Type.- Results.

Reviews

"...it serves its purpose admirably....The illustrations are so clear and simple that the book might appeal to all doctors who need to discuss proposed heart surgery with patients or their parents...It is strongly recommended." Australian and New Zealand Jnl. of Surgery