Complications in Cardiothoracic Surgery 2e

Alex G. Little, M.D., Elizabeth Berry Gray Chair & Professor, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Dayton, OH, USA Walter H. Merrill, M.D., Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA

List of Contributors, vii Acknowledgements, x Preface, xi 1 Preventing Complications: New Frontiers of Safety Science in Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1 Paul N Uhlig, William R Berry, Ellen W Raboin, Jeffrey Brown, Joel T Erskin, Ann Hendrich and Daniel B Raemer 2 Thoracic Incisions, 22 Michael F Reed 3 Arrhythmias following Cardiac and Thoracic Operations, 54 Joseph LoCicero, III 4 Complications of Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Cardioplegia, 74 Lawrence L Creswell and Nicholas J Karis 5 Myocardial Protection: Why and How, 143 Constantine L Athanasuleas and Gerald D Buckberg 6 Complications after Pulmonary Resection: Lobectomy and Pneumonectomy, 158 Mark F Berry and Thomas A D'Amico 7 Complications of Tracheobronchial Resection, 182 Michael C Coello and Douglas J Mathisen 8 Complications of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery, 202 Nirmal K Veeramachaneni and Bryan Meyers 9 Complications of Lung Transplantation, 219 Paul F Waters 10 Complications of Esophageal Resection, 228 Subroto Paul and Nasser K Altorki 11 Complications of Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy, 247 Arjun Pennathur and James D Luketich 12 Operations for Benign Esophageal Disorders, 266 Keith S Naunheim 13 Complications of Mediastinal Procedures, 286 Cameron D Wright 14 Complications of Pleural Operations and Procedures, 295 Alberto de Hoyos 15 Complications from ChestWall Procedures, 325 Mark S Allen 16 On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, 333 Jennifer S Lawton and William A Gay, Jr 17 Off-Pump Coronary Artery Surgery: A Safe Approach, 351 Jain Bhaskara Pillai and John D Puskas 18 Valvular Operations, 375 Frederick Y Chen, Lawrence S Lee and Lawrence H Cohn 19 Complications of Myocardial Reconstruction, 392 Gorav Ailawadi and Irving L Kron 20 Complications after Atrial Fibrillation Surgery, 404 Anson M Lee and Ralph J Damiano Jr 21 Heart Transplantation, 419 William Stein, IV, Jeffrey B Velotta, Hari R Mallidi, Michael P Fischbein and Robert C Robbins 22 Assist Devices, 436 Sanjeev Aggarwal and Francis D Pagani 23 Aortic and Great Vessel Operations, 456 William M Boedefeld and John A Kern Index, 473