The Current Status of Cardiac Surgery

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-5
Transplantation of other organs....Pages 6-11
Logistics of organ acquisition....Pages 12-16
The significance of tissue typing and matching in cardiac transplantation....Pages 17-19
Vascular lesions in experimental transplantation....Pages 20-27
Cardiac transplantation today....Pages 28-39
The place of transplantation....Pages 40-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
The surgical anatomy of Fallot’s tetralogy....Pages 49-61
Angiographic aspects of Fallot’s tetralogy in infants....Pages 62-68
The present indications of palliation in Fallot’s tetralogy....Pages 69-70
Total correction after previous Blalock-Taussig shunt....Pages 71-72
Total correction after the Brock procedure....Pages 73-77
Radical corrective surgery after Waterston shunts....Pages 78-83
Current concepts in the management of Fallot’s tetralogy....Pages 84-94
Primary total correction of Fallot’s tetralogy under the age of two years....Pages 95-102
Correction of tetralogy of Fallot....Pages 103-108
Revaluation after total correction of Fallot’s tetralogy....Pages 109-116
The need for homograft reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow in Fallot’s tetralogy....Pages 117-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
The design characteristics of heart valves....Pages 123-126
Echocardiographic studies following mitral valve replacement....Pages 127-132
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Myocardial preservation during aortic valve replacement....Pages 133-143
The cage ball prosthesis....Pages 144-159
Five years experience with the Björk-Shiley disc valve in aortic, mitral and tricuspid valvular disease....Pages 160-178
The Australian experience with prosthetic valves....Pages 179-191
The use of Starr-Edwards composite seat valves (models 2320 and 6320) in the aortic and mitral positions....Pages 192-195
Mitral valve replacement....Pages 196-197
The use of Starr-Edwards valves (model 1260)....Pages 198-199
The use of Braunwald Cutter valves: Part I....Pages 200-201
Experience with the Björk-Shiley prosthesis: Part I....Pages 202-203
Experience with the Björk-Shiley prosthesis: Part II....Pages 204-205
The use of the Braunwald Cutter valve: Part II....Pages 206-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Viability of homografts and problems of long-term storage....Pages 209-214
Problems of sterilisation in homograft preparation....Pages 215-218
Tissue valve preparation....Pages 219-225
Mechanical characteristics of vena cava and a technique for its use, unsupported, for mitral valve replacement....Pages 226-233
Homograft and autograft replacement of the aortic valve....Pages 234-245
Experience with heterografts....Pages 246-252
Homograft replacement of the mitral valve....Pages 253-259
Experience with tissue heart valves....Pages 260-271
Late results of cardiac valve replacement with autologous fascia lata....Pages 272-278
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Reconstructive valve surgery....Pages 279-289
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Open-heart surgery in the first year of life....Pages 293-297
Experience with infant perfusions....Pages 298-301
Management of ventricular septal defects in infants....Pages 302-306
Total surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in infancy....Pages 307-311
Operative treatment of patients with transposition of the great arteries in infancy....Pages 312-318
Treatment of valvar stenosis....Pages 319-321
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Osmolar balance after open-intracardiac operation in children....Pages 325-329
Peripheral temperature measurement as an aid to postoperative care....Pages 330-336
Atrial pressure measurement after open-heart surgery....Pages 337-338
Assessment of left ventricular function and simultaneous measurements of pressure and dimension....Pages 339-343
Measurement of cardiac output in infants and young children using thermodilution....Pages 344-346
Cardiac output and its derivatives using an implantable electromagnetic flow probe and intra-cardiac manometers....Pages 347-356
The place of the computer and automation in postoperative care....Pages 357-363
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Selection of patients for coronary artery surgery....Pages 367-371
Pre and postoperative investigation....Pages 372-373
Problems of technique in aorto-coronary bypass operations....Pages 374-380
The coronary bypass operation....Pages 381-385
Coronary endarterectomy....Pages 386-395
Postoperative blood flow in auto-coronary saphenous vein bypass grafts....Pages 396-400
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Pathological aspects of ischaemic heart disease....Pages 401-405
The intra-aortic balloon pump....Pages 406-412
Infarctectomy....Pages 413-414
Surgical treatment of left ventricular aneurysm....Pages 415-419
Management of postinfarction mitral regurgitation....Pages 420-425
The treatment of postinfarction VSD....Pages 426-432
Front Matter....Pages 433-433
Results of surgery in rare congenital heart disease....Pages 435-452
Front Matter....Pages 453-453
Discussion....Pages 455-488
Back Matter....Pages 489-502