Surgery of the Chest

Pre-operative assessment of pulmonary function; peri-operative pulmonary physiology; endoscopy - bronchoscopy and esophagoscopy; use of antibiotics in cardiac and thoracic surgery; anaesthesia and supportive care for cardiothoracic surgery; shock and ciculatory collapse; thoracic incisions; post-operative care; tracheal intubation and assisted ventilation; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; computer applications in cardiothoracic surgery; the trachea - congenital lesions, neoplasms, and injuries; management of infants and children undergoing thoracic surgery; trauma to the chest; disorders of the sternum and the thoracic wall; the pleura; the mediastinum; thoracic outlet syndrome; neoplasms of the lung; lung infections and diffuse interstitial disease of the lungs; immunodeficiency states, AIDS, and associated pulmonary infections; the surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis; pulmonary embolism; congenital lesions of the lung and emphysema; surgical problems of the esophagus in infants and children; arteriovenous fistulas of the lung and chest wall; disorders of the esophagus in the adult; esophageal hiatal hernia; the diaphragm and diaphragmatic pacing; the surgical management of myasthenia gravis; special diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in cardiac surgery; cardiopulmonary bypass for cardiac surgery; the aorta; the pericardium; atrial septal defect, anomalous pulmonary veins, and atrioventricular canal; major anomalies of pulmonary and thoracic systemic veins; atrioventricular canal; surgical treatment of ventricular septal defect; tetralogy of fallot; truncus arteriosus; congenital aortic stenosis; congenital mitral stenosis; transposition of the great arteries; pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum; univentricular heart; tricuspid atresia; Ebstein's anomaly; hypoplastic left ventricle; acquired disease of the tricuspid valve; acquired disease of the mitral valve; complications from cardiac prostheses; acquired aortic valve disease; cardiac pacemakers and cardiac conduction system abnormalities; the coronary arrhythmias; tumours of the heart; transplantation; the total artificial heart.