Cardiac Surgery: Safeguards and Pitfalls in Operative Technique - Hardcover

Khonsari, Siavosh; Sintek, Colleen Flint

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0781735408 ISBN 13: 9780781735407

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2003

Synopsis

The thoroughly updated Third Edition of this successful text/atlas provides current, proven guidelines for avoiding complications in cardiac surgery. Using more than 600 step-by-step illustrations, the authors demonstrate proper techniques for all surgical procedures, highlighting pitfalls with a hazard sign and flagging key points as NB (Nota Bene). New Third Edition chapters cover beating heart surgery, reoperation for myocardial revascularization, and endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting. The congenital heart disease section has a new chapter covering anomalous systemic venous drainage, transposition left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, and anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery.Many chapters have been updated to include new techniques. You'll find important new information on management of deep sternal infections; management of porcelain aorta; technique of harvesting radial artery; endocarditis; surgery of aorta; mitral valve repair; aortic valve repair; implantation of stentless valve; inferior wall left ventricular aneurysm; total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage repair; Ross-Konno procedure; modifications in arterial switch technique; current techniques for Norwood principle; newer techniques for Fontan principle; monocusp pulmonary homograft for right ventricular outflow tract obstruction; and transmyocardial laser revascularization.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0781735408
• ISBN 13: 9780781735407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 403