Cardiac Reconstructions

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
On Cardiac Reconstructions....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Long-Term Follow-Up of 133 Atrioventricular Septal Defects....Pages 8-14
Surgical Repair of Complete Atrioventricular Canal: Analysis of Early and Late Results....Pages 15-19
Outcome and Course of Primary Corrective Surgery of Atrioventricular Canal Anomalies in Infancy....Pages 20-24
Correction of Mitral Incompetence in Atrioventricular Canal Defects with Double-Orifice Mitral Valve: The Triple-Orifice Repair....Pages 25-29
Considerations on the Mitral Valve During Total Correction of Complete Atrioventricular Canal in Infancy Using the Two-Patch Technique....Pages 30-37
Conservative Surgery for Congenital Abnormalities of the Mitral Valve....Pages 38-43
Long-Term Results for Atrioventricular Connection in Tricuspid Atresia....Pages 44-47
Reoperations for Obstructed Ventriculopulmonary Conduits....Pages 48-51
Surgical Correction of Double-Outlet Right Ventricle....Pages 52-58
Early and Medium-Term Results After Correction of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage in Infancy....Pages 59-65
Arterial Switch for Repair of Simple and Complex Transposition of the Great Arteries: Early Experience....Pages 66-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Tricuspid Valve Reconstructions....Pages 74-81
Tricuspid Valve Repair by a Flexible Linear Reducer....Pages 82-84
Modified Annuloplasty of the Tricuspid Valve: Technique and Long-Term Results....Pages 85-91
Medium-Term Clinical and Hemodynamic Results after Reconstruction of the Tricuspid Valve Applying a New Technique....Pages 92-100
Reconstruction of Tricuspid Valve Leaflets Destroyed by Bacterial Endocarditis....Pages 101-107
Surgical Reconstruction of the Tricuspid Valve for Acquired Severe Stenosis....Pages 108-112
Some Considerations on “Functional” Tricuspid Insufficiency and Its Implications in Tricuspid Reconstruction....Pages 113-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Mitral Valve Reconstructions....Pages 120-150
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Mitral Annuloplasty with the Puig Massana-Shiley Ring: Long-Term Results....Pages 151-156
Semi-frame Mitral Annuloplasty....Pages 157-163
Mitral Valve Repair Without Using Rings or Slings....Pages 164-170
Transposition of Chordae in “Floppy” Mitral Valve Repair....Pages 171-175
Prolapsed Anterior Mitral Valve: Surgical Treatment by Partial Transposition of the Posterior Leaflet....Pages 176-182
Conservative Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation: A Discriminant Analysis of Techniques and Lesions....Pages 183-192
Mitral Valve Reconstruction: Pushing the Conventional Limits....Pages 193-199
Conservative Surgery of the Mitral Valve: An Echocardiographic Long-Term Evaluation....Pages 200-206
Artificial Chordae in the Treatment of Mitral Valve Pathology....Pages 207-210
Intraoperative Evaluation of the Reconstruction of the Atrioventricular Valves by Means of Transesophageal Echocardiography....Pages 211-215
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Aortic Valve Reconstructions....Pages 218-225
The Narrow Aortic Valve Ring: Technique of Enlargement Using Autologous Pericardium....Pages 226-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
The Evolution of Left Ventricular Reconstruction....Pages 232-234
A New Approach to Left Ventricular Aneurysms: Restoration of Ventricular Dynamics by Pericardial Patch Septoplasty....Pages 235-242
Septoplasty Procedure for Left Ventricular Aneurysms: Factors Affecting Early and Late Results....Pages 243-253
Early Septal Reconstruction Following Acute Myocardial Infarction....Pages 254-259
Early Repair of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defects: Technical Issues....Pages 260-264
Reconstruction of the Left Ventricle for Aneurysm or Akinetic Zone by Endoventricular Circular Plasty with Septal Exclusion....Pages 265-274
Left-Ventricular Aneurysmectomy: Converging Walls Reconstruction Technique....Pages 275-280
Aneurysmectomy and Left Ventricular Reconstruction in Ischemic Heart Disease....Pages 281-285
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Long-Term Follow-Up after Partial Left Ventricular Wall Replacement Due to Cardiac Tumor in Childhood....Pages 286-291
Cardiac Patients with Primary and Secondary Heart Tumors: Operative Procedures and Follow-Up....Pages 292-299
Surgical Technique in Subvalvular and Midventricular Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy (HOCM)....Pages 300-307
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
Coronary Artery Reconstructions: Why? How? When?....Pages 310-312
Open Endarterectomy with Vein-Patch Coronary Reconstruction and Internal Mammary Artery Implant....Pages 313-318
Left-Sided Coronary Thromboendarterectomy in Complex Internal Mammary Artery Grafting....Pages 319-326
Surgical Angioplasty of the Left Main Coronary Artery with Venous Patch: Antegrade Myocardial Revascularization....Pages 327-331
Surgical Angioplasty for Isolated Left Main Coronary Disease....Pages 332-335
Surgical Coronary Ostial Plasty....Pages 336-343
Front Matter....Pages 345-345
Biological Behavior of Materials Implanted in the Heart....Pages 346-359
Immunogenicity of Glutaraldehyde-Tanned Bovine Pericardium....Pages 360-366
Back Matter....Pages 367-368