Atlas of Cardiac Surgery

This procedures atlas, features the art of famed medical artist Leon Schlossberg and text from the Johns Hopkins Department of Cardiovascular Surgery. Visual step-by-step details are given of the optimal approaches to a comprehensive list of modern cardiac surgical techniques. Major section headings include General Anatomy, Ischemic Heart Disease, Arrhythmia Surgery, Myxoma, Thoracic Aneurysms, Transplantation, Assist Devices, and Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.

Features

* Step-by-step procedures for all heart surgery operations are clearly detailed

* Authors are affiliated with Johns Hopkins, one of the major cardiac surery departments in the United States

* MIDCAB and new procedures are included

Contents

Chapter 1: General Cardiothoracic Anatomy

Chapter 2: Ischemic Heart Disease

CAB Techniques

Veins

LIMA

RIMA

Gastroepiploic

Chapter 3: Surgery for Complications of Ischemic Heart Disease

LV Aneurysm

Post Infarct USD

Past Infarct MR

Chapter 4: Valve Disease

Mitral

Stenosis

Insufficiency

Endocarditis

Aortic Valve

Stenosis

Insufficiency

Marfan's Syndrome and Annuloaortic Ectasia

Dissection of Ascending Aorta and Valve Presentation

Endocarditis

Chapter 5: Arrhythmia Surgery

Chapter 6: Myxoma

Chapter 7: Thoracic Aneurysms

Chapter 8: Transplantation

Heart

Lung

Heart/Lung

Chapter 9: Assist Devices

Chapter 10: Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy