Essentials of Operative Cardiac Surgery.

Intro -- Preface -- Reference -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Echocardiography in Cardiac Surgery -- Introduction -- Standard Echocardiographic Assessment -- LV Function Assessment -- RV Function -- Valve Assessment -- Mitral Valve (MV) Assessment -- Anatomy -- Mitral Valve Regurgitation (MR) (Table 1.1) -- Function -- Post-repair Assessment -- Mitral Valve Stenosis -- Aortic Valve -- Aortic Root -- Aortic Regurgitation -- Mechanism -- Function -- The Role of Echocardiography in the Assessment of Aortic Regurgitant Lesions and Valve Repair -- Aortic Valve Stenosis (AS) (Table 1.6) -- Tricuspid Valve -- Artificial Valves -- Myectomy -- Postoperative Complications -- References -- Chapter 2: Basic Setup in Cardiac Surgery -- Introduction -- Sternotomy -- Redo Sternotomy -- Dividing the Pericardium -- Placing a Sling Around the Aorta -- Injury to the Pulmonary Artery -- Thin or Fractured Sternum -- Cannulation -- Single Two-stage Cannula -- Double Venous Cannulation -- Femoral Artery and Femoral Venous Cannulation -- Decompressing the Heart -- Right Superior Pulmonary Vein Vent -- Pulmonary Artery Vent -- Left Ventricle Apex Vent -- Decannulation -- Chest Closure -- Reference -- Chapter 3: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting -- Introduction -- Coronary Vessel to be Grafted -- Choice of Conduit -- Harvesting the Left Internal Mammary Artery -- Pedicle Harvesting of the Internal Mammary Artery -- Conventional Method to Harvest the Internal Mammary Artery -- Skeletonised Internal Mammary Artery -- Harvesting the Radial Artery -- Harvesting the Saphenous Vein -- Conventional Technique -- Use of Stripper -- Endoscopic Harvesting -- Setup for on-pump Coronary Artery Bypass -- Positioning the Heart for Anastomosis of the Right Posterior Descending Coronary Artery (PDA).

Positioning the Heart for Anastomosis of the Circumflex Obtuse Marginal Coronary Artery (OM) -- Positioning the Heart for Anastomosis of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery (LAD) and the Diagonal Artery -- Performing the Coronary Arteriotomy -- Performing the Distal Anastomosis -- Short Left Internal Mammary Artery or Hyperinflated Lungs -- Performing the Proximal Anastomosis -- References -- Chapter 4: Aortic Valve Surgery -- Introduction -- Setup -- Exposing the Aortic Valve -- Decalcification and Excision of Leaflet -- Valve Replacement -- Suture Placement -- Securing the Valve -- Aortic Root Enlargement -- Aortotomy Closure -- Chapter 5: Mitral Valve Surgery -- Introduction -- Setup -- Excision of Left Atrial Appendage -- Exposing the Mitral Valve -- Left Atriotomy -- Transseptal Approach -- Assessing the Mitral Valve -- Posterior Leaflet Prolapse -- Triangular Resection -- "P" Repair -- Quadrangular Resection and Sliding Plasty -- Artificial Neochordae -- Anterior Leaflet Prolapse -- Artificial Neochordae -- Use of Native Chords -- Chordal Transposition -- Papillary Muscle Repositioning -- Edge to Edge Repair (Alfieri Stitch) -- Annuloplasty -- Band Annuloplasty -- Ring Annuloplasty -- Testing the Valve Repair -- Mitral Valve Replacement -- Closure -- Reference -- Chapter 6: Tricuspid Valve Surgery -- Introduction -- Setup and Approach -- Assessing the Tricuspid Valve -- Ring Annuloplasty -- Suture Annuloplasty -- Other Repair Techniques -- Closure -- Chapter 7: Ascending Aorta and Aortic Root Surgery -- Introduction -- Cannulation Strategies -- Femoral Artery Cannulation -- Right Axillary Artery Cannulation -- Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Replacement -- Ascending Aortic Dissection -- Aortic Root Replacement -- Valve-sparing Root Replacement (Yacoub Remodelling Technique) -- Valve-sparing Root Replacement (David I Reimplantion Technique).

Chapter 8: Cardiac Tumours -- Introduction -- Setup -- Accessing the Tumour -- Left Atriotomy -- Right Atrial Approach -- Excising the Tumour -- Closure.

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