Step by step cardiac surgical procedure with instrumentation
16 Step by step cardiac surgical procedure with surgical instrumentation Bhuvaneswari Krishnamoorthy and Janesh Nair Introduction This chapter is intended to help the new perioperative practitioner understand the basic cardiac…
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation
17 Transcatheter aortic valve implantation Dr. Anthony D. Pisaniello MBBS FRACP Introduction Surgical aortic valve replacement has been the mainstay of management of severe aortic stenosis (AS) for decades (see…
Congenital cardiac surgical procedures
15 Congenital cardiac surgical procedures Georgios Kalarouziotis Introduction Cardiac surgery is a quite young specialty, only dating back about 80 years. The development of surgery for congenital heart diseases (CHDs)…
