Cardiac Surgery Secrets

I. THE NORMAL HEART 1. Molecular Medicine in Cardiac Surgery 2. Cardiac Anatomy 3. Cardiac Physiology II. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE 4. Pathophysiology of Acute Coronary Ischemia 5. Pathophysiology of Valvular Heart Disease 6. Pathophysiology of Cardiac Failure 7. Cardiac Tumors III. DIAGNOSIS IN ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 8. Preoperative Evaluation in Coronary Artery Disease 9. Electrocardiography in the Postoperative Period 10. Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography 11. Coronary Angiography in Ischemic Heart Disease 12. Imaging in Ischemic Coronary Artery Disease IV. DIAGNOSIS IN VALVE DISEASE 13. History and Physical Examination in Valve Pathology 14. Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography in Valve Disease V. CONGENITAL CARDIAC ANOMALIES 15. Congenital Cardiac Anomalies VI. PRINCIPLES OF SURGERY 16. Interventional Cardiology in Ischemic Heart Disease 17. When Is Surgery Indicated? 18. Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass 19. Coronary Surgery and Heart Failure 20. Coronary Surgery and Angina 21. Promoting Quality of Life after Coronary Heart Surgery 22. When to Operate for Valvular Heart Disease 23. Diagnosis and Treatment Options for Endocarditis 24. Surgical Treatment of Endocarditis VII. PREOPERATIVE WORKUP 25. Preoperative Workup in Coronary Surgery 26. Preoperative Workup in Valve Surgery VIII. ANESTHESIA IN CARDIAC SURGERY 27. Principles of Cardiac Anesthesia 28. Anesthesia for Aortic and Mitral Valve Surgery 29. Anesthesia for Total Revascularization without Cardiopulmonary Bypass 30. Anesthesia during Cardiopulmonary Bypass IX. MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY 31. Cellular Therapy in Heart Failure 32. Current Concepts in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery 33. Off-Pump Beating Heart Coronary Bypass Surgery 34. Robotic Cardiac Surgery 35. Endoscopic Saphenous Vein Harvesting X. CARDIAC TRANSPLANTATION AND IMPLANTABLE DEVICES 36. Basic Cardiac Transplant Immunology 37. Indications for Heart Transplant 38. Technical Aspects of Cardiac Transplantation 39. Long-term Follow-up of Transplant Patients 40. Ventricular Assist Devices and the Total Artificial Heart XI. CARDIAC TRAUMA 41. Penetrating Cardiac Trauma 42. Blunt Cardiac Trauma/Myocardial Contusion 43. Traumatic Valvular and Septal Free-Wall Defects XII. THE MITRAL VALVE 44. Surgical Techniques for Mitral Valve Disease 45. Complications of Mitral Valve Surgery XIII. THE AORTIC VALVE 46. Surgical Techniques for Aortic Valve Disease 47. Complications of Aortic Valve Surgery XIV. THE AORTIC ARCH 48. Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms 49. Aortic Dissections XV. POSTOPERATIVE CARE 50. Postoperative Routine 51. Low Cardiac Output Syndrome 52. Indications for Intraaortic Balloon Pump Placement XVI. POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS 53. Postoperative Bleeding and Coagulopathies 54. Mediastinitis and the Unstable Sternum 55. Neurologic Complications of Cardiac Surgery 56. Cardiac Tamponade 57. Atrial Fibrillation 58. Congestive Heart Failure after Open Heart Surgery XVII. MYOCARDIAL PROTECTION 59. Myocardial Protection 60. Cardioplegic Solutions 61. Clinical Indicators of Poor Myocardial Protection XVIII. CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS 62. Principles of Cardiopulmonary Bypass 63. Complications of Cardiopulmonary Bypass 64. Hypothermia 65. Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery 66. Principles of Intraaortic Balloon Pumping 67. Principles of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation 68. Principles of Ventricular Assist Devices XIX. CARDIAC SURGERY TRIVIA 69. Cardiac Surgery Trivia INDEX