I Fundamentals

1. History of Cardiac Surgery

2. Surgical Anatomy of the Heart

3. Cardiac Surgical Physiology

4. Cardiac Surgical Pharmacology

5. Cardiovascular Pathology

6. Computed Tomography of the Adult Cardiac Surgery Patient: Principles and Applications

7. Risk Assessment and Performance Improvement in Cardiac Surgery

8. Simulation in Cardiac Surgery

9. The Integrated Cardiovascular Center

II Perioperative/Intraoperative Care

10. Preoperative Evaluation for Cardiac Surgery

11. Cardiac Anesthesia

12. Echocardiography in Cardiac Surgery

13. Extracorporeal Circulation

14. Transfusion Therapy and Blood Conservation

15. Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

16. Myocardial Protection

17. Postoperative Care of Cardiac Surgery Patients

18. Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support

III Ischemic Heart Disease

19. Myocardial Revascularization with Percutaneous Devices

20. Myocardial Revascularization with Cardiopulmonary Bypass

21. Myocardial Revascularization Without Cardiopulmonary Bypass

22. Myocardial Revascularization after Acute Myocardial Infarction

23. Minimally Invasive Myocardial Revascularization

24. Coronary Artery Reoperations

25. Surgical Treatment of Complications of Myocardial Infarction, Ventricular Septal Defect, Myocardial Rupture, and Left Ventricular Aneurysm

IV Aortic Valve Disease

26. Pathophysiology of Aortic Valve Disease

27. Aortic Valve Replacement with a Mechanical Cardiac Valve Prosthesis

28. Stented Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement

29. Stentless Aortic Valve and Root Replacement

30. Aortic Valve Repair and Aortic Valve-Sparing Operations

31. Surgical Treatment of Aortic Valve Endocarditis

32. Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery

33. Percutaneous Treatment of Aortic Valve Disease

V Mitral Valve Disease

34. Pathophysiology of Mitral Valve Disease

35. Mitral Valve Repair

36. Mitral Valve Repair: Rheumatic

37. Surgery for Functional Mitral Regurgitation

38. Surgical Treatment of Mitral Valve Endocarditis

39. Mitral Valve Repair for Congenital Mitral Valve Disease in the Adult

40. Minimally Invasive and Robotic Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Surgery

41. Percutaneous Catheter-based Mitral Valve Repair

42. Mitral Valve Replacement

VI Valvular Heart Disease (Other)

43. Tricuspid Valve Disease

44. Multiple Valve Disease

45. Valvular and Ischemic Heart Disease

46. Reoperative Valve Surgery

VII Surgery of the Great Vessels

47. Aortic Dissection

48. Ascending and Arch Aortic Aneurysms

49. Descending and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms

50. Endovascular Therapy for the Treatment of Thoracic Aortic Disease

51. Trauma to the Great Vessels

52. Pulmonary Embolism and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy

VIII Surgery For Cardiac Arrhythmias

53. Interventional Therapy for Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias

54. Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation

55. Surgical Implantation of Pacemakers and Automatic Defibrillators

IX Other Cardiac Operations

56. Surgery for Adult Congenital Heart Disease

57. Pericardial Disease

58. Cardiac Neoplasms

X Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support

59. Immunobiology of Heart and Lung Transplantation

60. Heart Transplantation

61. Lung Transplantation and Heart-lung Transplantation

62. Long-term Mechanical Circulatory Support and the Total Artificial Heart

63. Tissue Engineering for Cardiac Valve Surgery

Index