Atlas of Cardiac Surgery

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.

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.