Invasive Cardiovascular Therapy

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Balloon catheter procedures in congenital heart disease....Pages 3-9
Balloon angioplasty in congenital heart disease....Pages 10-24
Closure of left-to-right shunts by catheter techniques....Pages 25-38
Atrial inversion in TGA according to Mustard or Senning....Pages 39-50
Switch-over procedure in transposition of the great arteries....Pages 51-61
Operative management of patients with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum....Pages 62-66
The Fontan procedure in tricuspid atresia and single ventricle....Pages 67-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
DeBakey-surgitool pyrolite® aortic valve: results of isolated replacement in 345 patients followed up to 13 years after operation....Pages 77-93
The Medtronic Hall® valve....Pages 94-105
Experience with the St. Jude medical heart valve prosthesis....Pages 106-120
Surgery for bacterial endocarditis and prosthetic valve endocarditis....Pages 121-128
Transient mechanical support of the failing heart....Pages 129-148
Implantable artificial heart devices....Pages 149-158
Current status of cardiac and cardiopulmonary transplantation....Pages 159-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Emergency medical treatment in acute coronary insufficiency....Pages 171-183
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty....Pages 184-189
The role of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in unstable angina....Pages 190-201
PTCA-success: reliability of non-invasive methods....Pages 202-210
Myocardial protection from PTCA-related ischemia....Pages 211-221
Time limits for emergency bypass grafting in preventing myocardial infarction....Pages 222-240
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Coronary artery bypass grafting in chronic coronary heart disease....Pages 241-251
Laser angioplasty in chronic coronary atherosclerotic obstructions and in thrombotic occlusions....Pages 252-259
Coronary sinus perfusion for preservation of jeopardized myocardium....Pages 260-264
LDL — Apheresis for the treatment of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia....Pages 265-270
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of renal artery stenoses....Pages 271-279
Balloon angioplasty in peripheral vascular occlusive disease....Pages 280-301
Front Matter....Pages 303-303
Medical measures for reduction of myocardial infarct size....Pages 305-314
Mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction: ventricular septal defect and papillary muscle rupture....Pages 315-323
History of systemic intravenous streptokinase therapy in acute myocardial infarction....Pages 324-333
Recent developments in intracoronary thrombolysis during acute myocardial infarction....Pages 334-338
Intravenous thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction....Pages 339-349
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty associated with thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction: evaluation by angiographic, scintigraphic and enzymatic data....Pages 350-365
Mechanical balloon catheter recanalization combined with intracoronary lysis and PTCA....Pages 366-379
Early coronary bypass or coronary angioplasty after successful reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction....Pages 380-388
Immediate and late results of thrombolysis on infarct size, left ventricular function and survival after successful reperfusion....Pages 389-399
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
History of pacemaker Therapy....Pages 403-410
Present status and future needs of pacemaker technology....Pages 411-420
Treatment of bradycardias by physiological pacing....Pages 421-442
Treatment of recurrent supraventricular tachycardias by antitachycardia pacemakers....Pages 443-451
Surgery for supraventricular tachyarrhythmias....Pages 452-459
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Ablation techniques for accessory pathways in the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome....Pages 460-475
His bundle ablation in refractory supra-ventricular tachycardia: a report of the Percutaneous Cardiac Mapping and Ablation Registry....Pages 476-488
Dynamic overdrive pacing for the suppression of ventricular ectopic activity: long-term application using implantable pacemakers....Pages 489-496
Myocardial inhibition....Pages 497-509
Antitachycardia pacing for treatment of recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia....Pages 510-517
Clinical application of transvenous cardioversion....Pages 518-528
The use of the automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in ventricular tachycardias and fibrillation....Pages 529-543
Endocardial fulguration in the treatment of resistant chronic ventricular tachycardia....Pages 544-554
Surgical therapy of ventricular tachycardia....Pages 555-566
Back Matter....Pages 567-571