Coronary Artery Surgery

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Opening Address: New Trends in Cardiology....Pages 1-3
Address: Trends in Coronary Entry Surgery....Pages 4-5
Prognosis in Ischemic Heart Disease....Pages 6-13
Anatomical and Tactical Considerations for Peripheral Revascularization in Patients with Diffuse Triple-Vessel Disease....Pages 14-17
Myocardial Revascularization for Early Postinfarction Angina....Pages 18-21
Single Lesion of Proximal LAD in Young Patients: Medical Therapy, SVG, IMA Graft, PTCA?....Pages 22-26
Reoperation for Coronary Artery Disease....Pages 27-34
Cardiac Transplantation: An Approach to End-Stage Coronary Heart Disease....Pages 35-39
Coronary Endarterectomy Associated with Aortocoronary Bypass....Pages 40-43
Selective Treatment of Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease by a Combination of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Transluminal Balloon-Catheter Dilatation....Pages 44-50
The Technique of Subcutaneous Vein Harvest....Pages 51-54
Flow in Saphenous Vein Bypass Grafts....Pages 55-57
A New Method of Assessing Myocardial Ischemic Injury During Cardiac Operations: Electron Probe X-Ray Microanalysis....Pages 58-67
Direct Revascularization of the Septal Arteries: Preliminary Report on 112 Patients....Pages 68-71
The Use of Timolol in Reducing the Incidence of Supraventricular Arrhythmias After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery....Pages 72-75
Effect of the Bypass Pump Priming Fluid on the Metabolic Response to Open-Heart Surgery....Pages 76-79
Hemodynamic Results with Hemofiltration in Postoperative Cardiac Surgical Patients....Pages 80-89
Myocardial Preservation by Preoperative Administration of High Amounts of Insulin....Pages 90-94
Myocardial Preservation in Emergency Coronary Surgery....Pages 95-99
Thermographic Evaluation of Cardioplegia Diffusion in Coronary Patients....Pages 100-105
Magnesium Augmentation During Reperfusion for the Reduction of Postischaemic Myocardial Damage....Pages 106-111
Calcium Flux Across the Myocardial Cellular Membrane During Cardioplegic Cardiac Arrest....Pages 112-118
Intracoronary Nifedipine in Patients Suspected of Perioperative Coronary Spasm....Pages 119-125
Myocardial Protection with Cardioplegia in Patients with Severe CAD....Pages 126-130
Enhanced Myocardial Protection by Means of Maintained β Blockade and Preoperative Carbohydrate Infusion....Pages 131-133
Establishing Safe Parameters for the Administration of Clear Cardioplegia in Humans....Pages 134-138
Patient Selection for Left Ventricular Aneurysmectomy....Pages 139-144
False Aneurysm of the Left Ventricle After Myocardial Infarction....Pages 145-148
Clinical Experience in 445 Resections of Ventricular Aneurysms....Pages 149-152
Left Ventricular Aneurysmectomy Combined with Encircling Endocardial Ventriculotomy for Treatment of Recurrent Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia....Pages 153-156
Surgical Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardias with Partial Endocardial Ventriculotomy....Pages 157-161
Ventricular Arrhythmias Before and After Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery....Pages 162-165
Endocardial Resection for Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation....Pages 166-170
Hemodynamic and Angiographic Results After Left Ventricular Aneurysmectomy....Pages 171-175
Combined Procedures with Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery....Pages 176-180
Encircling Endocardial Ventriculotomy Versus Endocardial Resection for the Treatment of Drug-Refractory Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia....Pages 181-186
Changes in the Native Vessels After Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery....Pages 187-190
Variables Influencing Patency of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts....Pages 191-196
Evaluation of Aortocoronary Graft Patency with Computed Thomography....Pages 197-200
Early Exercise Testing and Coronary Bypass Surgery Post-infarction....Pages 201-205
Short-Term Radionuclide Study of Ventricular Function After Coronary Bypass Surgery....Pages 206-210
Stress-Radionuclide Ventriculography in the Evaluation of CABG Patients....Pages 211-215
Long-Term Results of Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery....Pages 216-219
Influence of Residual Disease on Late Survival After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery....Pages 220-224
Survival in 1041 Patients with Consecutive Aortocoronary Bypass Operations....Pages 225-229
Long-Term Follow-up of Reoperation After Coronary Bypass Surgery....Pages 230-234
Long-Term Results After Early Revascularization for Impending Infarction....Pages 235-239
Imaging of Coronary Grafts Without Catheterization of Coronary Ostia....Pages 240-245