- Techniques illustrated reflect worldwide practice
- Organized by diseases and procedures providing a logical structure for learning
- Procedures are chosen to cover the breadth of congenital heart surgery
The raison d’etre for a new atlas of congenital heart surgery is based on the reality that the specialty has undergone numerous changes in the last few years resulting in improved techniques and new operations. The sheer number of new procedures and the required attendant technical skills to successfully complete an operation has become a challenge to master, especially for residents who are pursuing a career in congenital heart surgery. While the techniques that we are espousing are mostly our own, there is a great deal of similarity amongst international centers owing to the influence of video presentations, manuscript publications, and chapter reviews.
We therefore believe that the techniques that are illustrated in this atlas are likely to be similar to the techniques that are taught worldwide to residents and fellows. The atlas is organized generally by diseases and procedures pertaining thereto. Two general sections involve cannulation techniques and palliative procedures, respectively.
A special section depicts difficult problems in the form of clinical vignettes that may arise during cardiopulmonary bypass such as:
- decreased venous return
- undiagnosed patent ductus arteriosus
- technical errors leading to hemodynamic complications
The reader is instructed to apply measures that will lead to resolution of these problems. We have chosen procedures, which cover the breadth of congenital heart surgery. While perhaps not totally inclusive, the reader will find the greater majority of congenital heart procedures illustrated and explained in this text.
Table of Contents- Cannulation Techniques
- Palliation Techniques
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Vascular Rings, Tracheoplasty and Pulmonary Artery Sling
- Coarctation of the Aorta/ Interrupted Aortic Arch
- Interrupted Aortic Arch Repair, Type B
- Atrial Septal Defect, PAPVR, and Scimitar
- Ventricular Septal
- Atrioventricular Canal Defect
- Truncus Arteriosus
- Aortopulmonary Window
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Pulmonary Atresia with VSD
- Double Outlet Ventricles
- Transposition of the Great Arteries
- Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
- Bidirectional Glenn and Fontan Operations
- Fontan Revision and Arrhythmia Surgery
- Arrhythmia Surgery
- Ebstein’s Anomaly
- Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
- Norwood Operation
- Aortic-Left Ventricular Tunnel
- Mitral Valve Repairs
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Repair
- Cor Triatriatum
- Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm
- Coronary Artery Anomalies
- Cardiac Transplantation
- Selected Complications
