Cardiac Reconstructions

On Cardiac Reconstructions.- Section I. Reconstruction in Congenital Lesions.- Long-Term Follow-Up of 133 Atrioventricular Septal Defects.- Surgical Repair of Complete Atrioventricular Canal: Analysis of Early and Late Results.- Outcome and Course of Primary Corrective Surgery of Atrioventricular Canal Anomalies in Infancy.- Correction of Mitral Incompetence in Atrioventricular Canal Defects with Double-Orifice Mitral Valve: The Triple-Orifice Repair.- Considerations on the Mitral Valve During Total Correction of Complete Atrioventricular Canal in Infancy Using the Two-Patch Technique.- Conservative Surgery for Congenital Abnormalities of the Mitral Valve.- Long-Term Results for Atrioventricular Connection in Tricuspid Atresia.- Reoperations for Obstructed Ventriculopulmonary Conduits.- Surgical Correction of Double-Outlet Right Ventricle.- Early and Medium-Term Results After Correction of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage in Infancy.- Arterial Switch for Repair of Simple and Complex Transposition of the Great Arteries: Early Experience.- Section II. Tricuspid Valve Reconstructions.- Tricuspid Valve Reconstructions.- Tricuspid Valve Repair by a Flexible Linear Reducer.- Modified Annuloplasty of the Tricuspid Valve: Technique and Long-Term Results.- Medium-Term Clinical and Hemodynamic Results after Reconstruction of the Tricuspid Valve Applying a New Technique.- Reconstruction of Tricuspid Valve Leaflets Destroyed by Bacterial Endocarditis.- Surgical Reconstruction of the Tricuspid Valve for Acquired Severe Stenosis.- Some Considerations of "Functional" Tricuspid Insufficiency and Its Implications in Tricuspid Reconstruction.- Section III. Mitral Valve Reconstructions.- Mitral Valve Reconstructions.- Mitral Annuloplasty with the Puig Massana-Shiley Ring: Long-Term Results.- Semi-frame Mitral Annuloplasty.- Mitral Valve Repair Without Using Rings or Slings.- Transposition of Chordae in "Floppy" Mitral Valve Repair.- Prolapsed Anterior Mitral Valve: Surgical Treatment by Partial Transposition of the Posterior Leaflet.- Conservative Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation: A Discriminant Analysis of Techniques and Lesions.- Mitral Valve Reconstruction: Pushing the Conventional Limits.- Conservative Surgery of the Mitral Valve: An Echocardiographic Long-Term Evaluation.- Artificial Chordae in the Treatment of Mitral Valve Pathology.- Intraoperative Evaluation of the Reconstruction of the Atrioventricular Valves by Means of Transesophageal Echocardiography.- Section IV. Aortic Valve Reconstructions.- Aortic Valve Reconstructions.- The Narrow Aortic Valve Ring: Technique of Enlargement Using Autologous Pericardium.- Section V. Septal and Left Ventricular Reconstructions.- The Evolution of Left Ventricular Reconstruction.- A New Approach to Left Ventricular Aneurysms: Restoration of Ventricular Dynamics by Pericardial Patch Septoplasty.- Septoplasty Procedure for Left Ventricular Aneurysms: Factors Affecting Early and Late Results.- Early Septal Reconstruction Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.- Early Repair of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defects: Technical Issues.- Reconstruction of the Left Ventricle for Aneurysm or Akinetic Zone by Endoventricular Circular Plasty with Septal Exclusion.- Left-Ventricular Aneurysmectomy: Converging Walls Reconstruction Technique.- Aneurysmectomy and Left Ventricular Reconstruction in Ischemic Heart Disease.- Long-Term Follow-Up after Partial Left Ventricular Wall Replacement Due to Cardiac Tumor in Childhood.- Cardiac Patients with Primary and Secondary Heart Tumors: Operative Procedures and Follow-Up.- Surgical Technique in Subvalvular and Midventricular Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathie (HOCM).- Section VI. Coronary Artery Reconstructions.- Coronary Artery Reconstructions: Why? How? When?.- Open Endarterectomy with Vein-Patch Coronary Reconstruction and Internal Mammary Artery Implant.- Left-Sided Coronary Thromboendarterectomy in Complex Internal Mammary Artery Grafting.- Surgical Angioplasty of the Left Main Coronary Artery with Venous Patch: Antegrade Myocardial Revascularization.- Surgical Angioplasty for Isolated Left Main Coronary Disease.- Surgical Coronary Ostial Plasty.- Section VII. On Reconstructive Material.- Biological Behavior of Materials Implanted in the Heart.- Immunogenicity of Glutaraldehyde-Tanned Bovine Pericardium.