Giving step-by-step details of optimal approaches to modern cardiac surgical techniques, this work covers general anatomy, ischemic heart disease, arrhythmia surgery, myxoma, thoracic aneurysms, transplantation, assist devices, and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

This procedures atlas features the art of the famed medical artist Leon Schlossberg and text from the Johns Hopkins Department of Cardiovascular Surgery. Visual step-by-step details are given of the optimal approaches to a comprehensive list of modern cardiac surgical techniques. Major section headings include General Anatomy, Ischemic Heart Disease, Arrhythmia Surgery, Myxoma, Thoracic Aneurysms, Transplantation, Assist Devices, and Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy. Features:
* Step-by-step procedures for all heart surgery operations are clearly detailed.
* Authors are affiliated with Johns Hopkins, one of the major cardiac surgery departments in the United States.
* MIDCAB and new procedures are included.

Chapter 1: General Cardiothoracic Anatomy Chapter 2: Ischemic Heart Disease CAB Techniques Veins LIMA RIMA Gastroepiploic Chapter 3: Surgery for Complications of Ischemic Heart Disease LV Aneurysm Post Infarct USD Past Infarct MR Chapter 4: Valve Disease Mitral Stenosis Insufficiency Endocarditis Aortic Valve Stenosis Insufficiency Marfan's Syndrome and Annuloaortic Ectasia Dissection of Ascending Aorta and Valve Presentation Endocarditis Chapter 5: Arrhythmia Surgery Chapter 6: Myxoma Chapter 7: Thoracic Aneurysms Chapter 8: Transplantation Heart Lung Heart/Lung Chapter 9: Assist Devices Chapter 10: Hypertrophic
Obstructive Cardiomyopathy