Front Lines of Thoracic Surgery

00 preface_ Front Lines of Thoracic Surgery......Page 1
Part 1Adult Cardiac Surgery......Page 13
01Mitral Valve Subvalvular Apparatus Repair with\rArtificial Neochords Application......Page 15
02Post Myocardial Infarction\rVentricular Septal Defect......Page 41
03Current Trend of Off-Pump\rCoronary Artery Bypass Grafting......Page 59
04Psychiatric Factors Which Impact Coronary\rHeart Disease and Influence Outcomes\rPost-Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery......Page 73
05Surgical Ventricular Restoration for\rIschemic Cardiomyopathy with\rFunctional Mitral Regurgitation......Page 95
06Morphological Predictors and Molecular\rMarkers of Progressing Postoperative\rRemodeling of Left Ventricle in Patients with\rIschemic Cardiomyopathy......Page 119
07Miniaturized Extracorporeal Circulation......Page 147
08Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest to Remove Right\rAtrial Thrombi Due to Abdominal Malignancies......Page 159
Part2Pediatric Cardiac Surgery......Page 179
09Restoration of Transposed Great Arteries With\ror Without Subpulmonary Obstruction to Nature......Page 181
10Gene Expression Profiling - A New Approach\rin the Study of Congenital Heart Disease......Page 199
11B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) in\rNeonates, Infants and Children\rUndergoing Cardiac Surgeryal......Page 211
Part3Aortic Surgery......Page 225
12Cerbral Protection Strategies for\rAortic Arch Surgery......Page 227
13Recent Advances in the\rManagement of Acute Aortic Syndrome......Page 241
14Neurologic Injury Following Hypothermic\rCirculatory Arrest......Page 255
15New Approaches for Treatment and Prevention\rof Aortic Aneurysms......Page 275
Part4General Thoracic Surgery......Page 305
16Lung Transplantation......Page 307
17Systematic Review of the Literature:\rComparison of Open and Minimal Access\rSurgery (Thoracoscopic Repair) of Esophageal\rAtresia with Tracheo-Esophageal\rFistula (EA-TEF)......Page 321
Part5Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia......Page 331
18Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury: Mechanisms\rand Future Therapeutic Interventions......Page 333
19Optimizing Perioperative Ventilation\rSupport with Adequate Settings of\rPositive End-Expiratory Pressure......Page 365
20Perioperative Pulmonary\rFunctional Assessment......Page 383
21Corte_final......Page 403