The Evolution of Cardiac Surgery Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	The Beginning: A Backward Glance	1
2	The First Suture - Closures of Cardiac Wounds	11
3	The Neo-Modern Period Begins: Early Management of Constrictive Pericarditis	18
4	The Pulmonary Embolus Gives Ground	22
5	Cardiac Arrest and Ventricular Fibrillation	27
6	The Early Story of Mitral Stenosis	31
7	The Modern Period: The Ductus Is Divided	41
8	Coarctation Is Conquered	50
9	Other Extracardiac Anomalies	59
10	The Blalock Operation: Systemic-Pulmonary Shunts	66
11	Other Shunt Procedures: The First Right Heart Bypass Efforts	76
12	Anomalies of the Coronary Arteries	86
13	Difficulties with Right Ventricular Outflow	96
14	Mitral Stenosis Revisited	107
15	Aortic Valvular, Subvalvular, and Supravalvular Stenosis	115
16	Pericardial Surgery Moves Along	123
17	Approaches to the Management of Myocardial Ischemia	129
18	Atrial Septal Defects	143
19	Tumors of the Heart	150
20	Ectopia Cordis	155
21	Cardiac Aneurysms	159
22	Cardiac Wounds and Foreign Bodies in the Heart	166
23	The Development of the Pacemaker	182
24	Tricuspid Stenosis and Atresia	188
25	Pulmonary and Tricuspid Insufficiency	195
26	Attempts to Control Mitral Regurgitation	203
27	Efforts to Correct Aortic Insufficiency	211
28	Hypothermia	220
29	Development of the Heart-Lung Machine: Birth of the Current Era	242
30	Perfusion without a Mechanical Oxygenator	256
31	Further Development of Heart-Lung Machines	266
32	Induced Cardiac Arrest, Coronary Perfusion, Deep Hypothermia, and Circulatory Arrest	280
33	Assisting the Heart	293
34	Valve Replacement and Valve Reconstruction	303
35	Transplantation of the Heart	316
36	Ventricular Assist Devices and the Artificial Heart	337
37	The Author's Summation	365
38	What Lies Ahead?	368
	A Final Word	371
	References	372
	Index	463