Advanced Therapy Cardiac Surgery

This second edition of Advanced Therapy in Cardiac Surgery presents state-of-the-art techniques and an in-depth review of cardiac surgery from the leading authorities. Each of the 62 succinct chapters represents the personal treatment protocols of the experts.

The Advanced Therapy concept is renowned for conveying therapeutic information in an efficient, quick-review format. This authoritative title provides access to expert consultations on the toughest challenges facing cardiac surgeons today.


About the authors


Kenneth Franco MD Surgical Director of Heart and Lung Failure Program Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Edward Verrier MD Professor and Vice Chairman of Surgery Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Washington School of Medicine






Table of contents


1. Use of Tissue Sealants in Cardiac Surgery
2. Anticoagulation for Medical Devices
3. Prophylaxis Against Atrial Fibrillation Following Open Heart Surgery
4. What?s New in Myocardial Protection
5. Blood Conservation for Open Heart Surgery
6. Use of Heparin-Bonded Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuits with Alternatives to Standard Anticoagulation
7. Anti-Inflammatory Strategies in Cardiac Surgery
8. Prevention of Neurologic Injury During Cardiac and Great Vessel Surgery
9. Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect Repair
10. Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
11. Robotics in Cardiac Surgery
12. Beating-Heart Bypass Grafting with Temporary Cardiac Assist
13. Totally Endoscopic Bypass Grafting
14. Advances in Coronary Artery Surgery
15. Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization
16. Angiogenesis and Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease
17. Minimally Invasive Cardiac Valve Surgery
18. Pulmonary Autograft
19. Surgical Management of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
20. Update on New Tissue Valves
21. Update of Stentless Valves
22. Mitral Valve Repair
23. Robot-Assisted Mitral Valve Surgery
24. Surgical Management of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
25. Management of the Small Aortic Root
26. Apicoaortic Conduits for Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
27. Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
28. Cardiac Reoperations in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
29. The Minimally Invasive Maze Procedure
30. Radiofrequency and Microwave Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
31. Principles of Cerebral Protection During Operations on the Thoracic Aorta
32. Surgery for Marfan Syndrome
33. Valve-Sparing Operations for Dilated Aortic Root
34. Aneurysms of the Aortic Arch
35. Strategies for Aortic Arch Reconstruction without Circulatory Arrest
36. Aortic Dissection
37. Spinal Cord Protection During Operations of the Thoracic Aorta
38. Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm
39. Endovascular Stent-Grafts for Thoracic Aneurysms and Dissections
40. Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Heart and Lung Surgery
41. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Circulatory Support
42. Left Ventricular Volume Reduction for Dilated Cardiomyopathy
43. Dynamic to Cellular Cardiomyoplasty
44. Cell Therapy for Myocardial Repair
45. Skeletal Muscle Ventricles
46. Mechanical Devices for Temporary Cardiac Support
47. New Devices to Support the Heart: Passive Ventricular Constraint and Direct Compression
48. Kantrowitz CardioVAD: A Permanent Intraaortic Balloon Pump for Congestive Heart Failure
49. The New Rotary Blood Pumps: An Alternative to Cardiac Transplantation?
50. Centrifugal Blood Pumps
51. New Implantable Pulsatile Blood Pumps
52. Implantable Left Ventricle Assist Devise Infections
53. Current Status of Total Artificial Hearts
54. Heart Preservation
55. Advances in Immunosuppression
56. Allograft Coronary Artery Disease
57. Advances in Cardiac Transplantation
58. Heart-Lung Transplantation
59. Cardiac Xenotransplantation
60. Role of Gene Therapy and Stem Cells in Cardiac Surgery