Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes cardiac surgery : morphology, diagnostic criteria, natural history, techniques, results, and indications / Nicholas T. Kouchoukos [and others]

Includes bibliographical references and index

Anatomy, dimensions, and terminology -- Hypothermia, circulatory arrest, and cardiopulmonary bypass -- Myocardial management during cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass -- Anesthesia for cardiovascular surgery -- Postoperative care -- Generating knowledge from information, data, and analyses -- Stenotic arteriosclerotic coronary artery disease -- Left ventricular aneurysm -- Postinfarction ventricular septal defect -- Mitral regurgitation from ischemic heart disease -- Mitral valve disease with or without tricuspid valve disease -- Aortic valve disease -- Combined aortic and mitral valve disease with or without tricuspid valve disease -- Tricuspid valve disease -- Infective endocarditis -- Cardiac rhythm disturbance -- Cardiac trauma -- Cardiac tumor -- Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy -- Cardiomyopathy -- Cardiac transplantation -- Mechanical circulatory support -- Pericardial disease -- Acute traumatic aortic disruption -- Acute aortic dissection -- Chronic thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic disease -- Diseases of the pulmonary arteries -- Acquired diseases of the systemic veins -- Congenital heart disease in the adult,

Atrial septal defect and partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection -- Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection -- Cor triatriatum -- Unroofed coronary sinus syndrome -- Atrioventricular septal defect -- Ventricular septal defect -- Congenital sinus of valsalva aneurysms and aortico-left ventricular tunnel -- Patient ductus arteriosus -- Ventricular septal defect with pulmonary stenosis or atresia -- Pulmonary stenosis and intact ventricular septum -- Pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum -- Tricuspid atresia and single-ventricle physiology -- Ebstein anomaly -- Truncus arteriosus -- Aortopulmonary window -- Origin of the right or left pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta -- Congenital anomalies of the coronary arteries -- Congenital aortic stenosis -- Coarctation of the aorta and interrupted aortic arch -- Aortic atresia and other forms of hypoplastic left heart physiology -- Congenital mitral valve disease -- Vascular ring and sling -- Complete transposition of the great arteries -- Double outlet right ventricle -- Double outlet left ventricle -- Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries and other forms of atrioventricular discordant connection -- Double inlet ventricle and atretic atrioventricular valve -- Anatomically corrected malposition of the great arteries -- Atrial isomerism

Provides answers on various aspects of adult and pediatric cardiac surgery. This title covers the range of classic surgical procedures - including the alternate and minimally invasive surgical techniques - and presents the clinical evidence you need to make effective management decisions