Cardiac Surgery

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Surgical Approaches to the Heart and Great Vessels Preparation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass Myocardial Preservation Venting and Deairing of the Heart SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE Surgery of the Aortic Valve Surgery of the Mitral Valve Surgery of the Tricuspid Valve Surgery of the Aorta Surgery for Coronary Disease Surgery for Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction Heart Transplantation Cardiac Tumors Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS Patent Ductus Arteriosus Coarctation of the Aorta Pulmonary Artery Banding Vascular Ring and Pulmonary Artery Sling Systemic Pulmonary Shunting Atrial Septal Defect Total Anomalous Venous Connection Ventricular Septal Defect Atrioventricular Septal Defect Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Transposition of the Great Vessels Aortopulmonary Window Truncus Arteriosus Ebstein's Anomaly Interrupted and Hypoplastic Aortic Arch The Norwood Principle The Fontan Principle Coronary Artery Anomalies