Coronary Heart Surgery: A Rehabilitation Measure

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Changing Medical and Surgical Therapy in Coronary Artery Disease — Need for Prospective Studies....Pages 2-9
A Critical Review of the Veterans Administrative Cooperative Study....Pages 10-12
The Effect of Coronary Bypass on Longevity — a Nonrandomized Study....Pages 13-17
The Effects of Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery on Life Expectancy — a Nonrandomized Study....Pages 18-25
Does Coronary Bypass Surgery Prolong Life Expectancy?....Pages 26-31
Are There Indications for Surgery in Asymptomatic Patients?....Pages 32-35
Factors to Prolong Survival in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease....Pages 36-46
Preinfarction Angina due to LAD Stenosis — a Surgical Follow-up....Pages 47-52
Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery in Patients with Organic Coronary Atherosclerosis Combined with Spasm....Pages 53-60
Indications and Results of Emergency Coronary Revascularization....Pages 61-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Complete Revascularization, Including Moderate Stenosis?....Pages 70-72
Is Revascularization Limited to Good Quality and High Caliber Vessels?....Pages 73-79
Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease; Is it a Contraindication for Surgery?....Pages 80-83
Revascularization of Partially Infarcted Areas — Pathologist’s Point of View....Pages 84-97
Revascularization of Partially Infarcted Myocardium....Pages 98-107
Indications for Distal Coronary Artery Endarterectomy and Proximal Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts....Pages 108-111
Patency Rate and Functional Results of Left Anterior Descending Bypass Surgery by Internal Mammary Artery....Pages 112-119
The Internal Mammary Artery as a Coronary Artery Bypass Graft....Pages 120-124
Does the Choice of Grafts (Veins or IMA) Influence Patency Rate and Functional Results?....Pages 125-130
Intra-operative Estimation of Technical and Functional Causes of Limited Aortocoronary Bypass Flow....Pages 131-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Tachyarrhythmia as an Indication for Cardiac Surgery....Pages 142-164
Does Aneurysmectomy Reduce Life-Threatening Ventricular Arrhythmias?....Pages 165-173
Modification of Ventricular Function by Hypercontraction of the Surviving Heart Muscle Following Myocardial Infarction....Pages 174-177
Factors Influencing Results in Surgery of Postinfarction Ventricular Aneurysms....Pages 178-187
Functional Analysis of the Left Ventricle with Postinfarction Aneurysm....Pages 188-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Primary Importance of Myocardial Blood Flow in Determining the Survival of Ischemic Myocardium....Pages 196-201
Myocardial Protection by Cardioplegic Solutions....Pages 202-210
Myocardial Protection by Pulsatile Flow — Clinical Experience....Pages 211-219
Comparative Study of Three Methods of Myocardial Protection....Pages 220-225
Anesthesia for Coronary Artery Surgery....Pages 226-248
Myocardial Protection by a Calcium Antagonist....Pages 249-254
Myocardial Protection and Postoperative Care with Vasodilator Therapy (Nitrates)....Pages 255-264
Can Postoperative Care be Facilitated by Preoperative Preparation?....Pages 265-269
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Factors Influencing Long-Term Improvement of Angina Pectoris, Exercise Tolerance, and Exercise Electrocardiography in Patients After Vein Bypass Surgery....Pages 272-278
Long-Term Effect of Coronary Bypass Surgery on Exercise Tolerance: A 2-Year Randomized Study....Pages 279-284
Improvement of Hemodynamics During Exercise....Pages 285-296
Pulmonary Artery Pressure During Exercise and LV Diastolic Compliance Before and After Coronary Artery Surgery....Pages 297-302
Factors Influencing Improvement of Hemodynamics During Exercise....Pages 303-310
Thallium 201 Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy for the Evaluation of Post Coronary Bypass Patients....Pages 311-321
Regional Ventricular Function at Rest, During Leg Raising and Physical Exercise Before and After Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery....Pages 322-339
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Global and Regional Postoperative Left Ventricular Function in Relation to Preoperative Function and Degree of Revascularization....Pages 340-348
Early Myocardial Depression After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery....Pages 349-354
Indications for and Results of Reoperation....Pages 355-366
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
Recent Changes in Incidence and Course of Hepatitis After Heart Surgery....Pages 368-369
Contributing Factors Preventing Return to Work of Cardiac Surgery Patients....Pages 370-374
Clinical Results and Social Implications in Patients After Coronary Bypass Surgery....Pages 375-378
Clinical Results and Return to Work After Coronary Heart Surgery....Pages 379-384
Need for Coronary Bypass Surgery in Europe....Pages 385-388
Back Matter....Pages 389-394