Table Of ContentSPECIAL TOPICS IN
CARDIAC SURGERY
Edited by Cuneyt Narin
Special Topics in Cardiac Surgery
Edited by Cuneyt Narin
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Special Topics in Cardiac Surgery, Edited by Cuneyt Narin
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Contents
Preface IX
Chapter 1 Intensive Care Management of Patients
in the First 24 Hours After Cardiac Surgery 1
Villalobos J. A. Silva, Aguirre J. Sanchez,
Martinez J. Sanchez, Franco J. Granillo and Garcia T. Zenón
Chapter 2 Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation Therapy and
Its Role in Optimizing Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery 43
Bharat Datt, Carolyn Teng, Lisa Hutchison and Manu Prabhakar
Chapter 3 The Hybrid Operating Room 73
Georg Nollert, Thomas Hartkens,
Anne Figel, Clemens Bulitta,
Franziska Altenbeck and Vanessa Gerhard
Chapter 4 The 30 Day Complication Rate
After Aortic Valve Replacement with a
Pericardial Valve in a Mainly Geriatric Population 107
Wilhelm Mistiaen
Chapter 5 Application of a Novel Venous Cannula for
En-Bloc Removal of Undesirable Intravascular Material 127
Albert K. Chin, Lishan Aklog,
Brian J. deGuzman and Michael Glennon
Chapter 6 Conduit Selection for Improved
Outcomes in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery 143
Zane B. Atkins, Kristine V. Owen and Walter G. Wolfe
Chapter 7 Current Evidence of On-Pump Versus
Off-Pump Coronary Artery By-Pass Surgery 165
Kim Houlind
Chapter 8 Re-Engineering in OPCAB Surgery 181
Murali P. Vettath, Et Ismail,
Av Kannan and Athmaja Murali
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Chapter 9 Strategies for the Prevention of
Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Surgery 205
Estella M. Davis, Kathleen A. Packard, Jon T. Knezevich,
Thomas M. Baker and Thomas J. Langdon
Chapter 10 Post Operative Arrhythmias 241
Rama Dilip Gajulapalli and Florian Rader
Chapter 11 Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation 257
Hunaid A. Vohra, Zaheer A. Tahir
and Sunil K. Ohri
Chapter 12 Post-Cardiac Surgery Fungal Endocarditis 269
Parisa Badiee
Chapter 13 Sternal Wound Complications
Following Cardiac Surgery 283
Zane B. Atkins and Walter G. Wolfe
Preface
The perioperative period is vitally important in outcomes of patients undergoing
cardiac surgery. The proper evaluation of preoperative period, as well as
improvement in standards of perioperative care of these patients have been helping
to reduce mortality and morbidity rates following the cardiac surgery. Accordingly,
the content of present textbook mainly covers various topics related to perioperative
period in cardiac surgery. In order to organize the content, two books have been
created. The first book focuses on topics both in preoperative and early
postoperative periods of cardiac surgery. The book covers not only classical chapters
such as anesthesia for pediatric heart surgery and management of pulmonary
hypertension in intensive care unit, but also currently “hot” topics consisting of
strategies of blood conversation and heparin induced thrombocytopenia. The second
book covers miscellaneous issues such as fungal endocarditis after cardiac surgery,
off pump versus on pump coronary artery bypass surgery and arrhythmia after
cardiac surgery.
This book should prove to be a useful reference for trainees, senior surgeons and
nurses in cardiac surgery, as well as anesthesiologists, perfusionists, and all the related
health care workers who are involved in taking care of patients with heart disease
which require surgical therapy.
This book aims to improve the knowledge and understanding of readers with regard
to the background of perioperative period in cardiac surgery.
I hope these internationally cumulative and diligent efforts will provide patients
undergoing cardiac surgery with meticulous perioperative care methods.
Numerous international authors have participated in the creation of this book. I have
compiled their valuable experiences and contributions about critical issues in the field
of cardiac surgery.
I greatly acknowledge the precious assistance of Ms. Molly Kaliman of InTech
Publisher. I also would like to thank Ilker Kiris, MD, for his productive ideas in the
course of preparing this book.
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Finally, upcoming decades should see even greater advances in the field of care of
patients undergoing cardiac surgery. I assure that improvements in technologies and
surgical skills will help to accomplish this goal.
To my wife, Gokce and to our children, Kaya and Kayra.
Assoc. Prof. Cuneyt Narin, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,
Selcuk University Meram Medical School, Konya,
Turkey
