Surgical Management of Congestive Heart Failure [Paperback]

James C. Fang, MD, and Gregory S. Couper, MD, have assembled a panel of prominent surgeons and cardiologists to review the latest clinical, scientific, and investigational surgical and mechanical approaches to heart failure in hopes of improving the lives of this challenging group of patients. Topics range from such traditional strategies as high-risk surgical revascularization in advanced coronary artery disease, to more novel approaches such as ventricular reconstruction and mechanical assist devices. Many chapters are contributed by the original pioneers of specific surgical techniques, which provide s invaluable perspective from personal experience.James C. Fang, MD, and Gregory S. Couper, MD, have assembled a panel of prominent surgeons and cardiologists to review the latest clinical, scientific, and investigational surgical and mechanical approaches to heart failure in hopes of improving the lives of this challenging group of patients. Topics range from such traditional strategies as high-risk surgical revascularization in advanced coronary artery disease, to more novel approaches such as ventricular reconstruction and mechanical assist devices. Many chapters are contributed by the original pioneers of specific surgical techniques, which provide s invaluable perspective from personal experience.Recent Advances in Cardiac AllotransplantationJohn Adams Jarcho and James C. FangSurgical Revascularization in the Management of Heart Failure and Ischemic Left Ventricular DysfunctionJeffrey J. Teuteberg and James C. FangAortic Valve Surgery With Severe Left Ventricular DysfunctionBlas? A. CarabelloMitral Valve Surgery With Severe Left Ventricular DysfunctionVinay Badhwar and Steven F. BollingTricuspid Valve Surgery in Right Heart FailureJames P. Greelish, Bradley J. Phillips, James C. Fang, and John G. ByrnePacing in Heart FailureUday N. Kumar, Teresa De Marco, and Leslie A. SaxonLeft Ventricular Assist DevicesPaul L. DiGiorgi, Yoshifumi Naka, and Mehmet C. OzLeft Venló'