Cardiovascular Surgery 1980

The Contribution of European Surgeons to the Development of Modern Vascular Surgery..- Session I Cardiac Surgery.- Valvular Surgery I Chairman: V.O. Bjork, Stockholm; Co-Chairman: A. Carpentier, Paris.- Special Morphological Structures Along the Closing Zone of the Mitral Valve..- Conservative Surgery of the Mitral Valve. Annuloplasty on a New Adjustable Ring..- Ruptured Mitral Chordae Tendineae: Surgical Experience in 102 Cases and Observations on the Valve Ultrastructure in this Condition..- Long-Term and Sequential Hemodynamic Investigations in Patients With Ionescu-Shiley Pericardial Xenografts..- Pros and Cons of the Ionescu-Shiley Bioprosthesis..- Criteria for Evaluation of Material for Porcine Heterograft Valves..- Surgical Treatment of Rheumatic Tricuspid Stenosis..- In Vitro Comparison of Heart Valves With Plane and Curved Pendulum Discs..- Valvular Surgery II Chairman: C.M.G. Duran, Santander; Co-Chairman: M.I. Ionescu, Leeds.- Invited Lecture Biological Valves in Cardiac Surgery..- Mitral Valve Surgery in Syria..- Eight Years Experience With the Bjork-Shiley Prosthesis Implanted in 733 Patients..- Cardiac Valve Replacement With the St. Jude Medical Prosthesis: Clinical, Echocardiographic and Biological Results..- In Vitro Comparison of Bjork-Shiley and St. Jude Medical Valvular Prosthesis in Aortic Position in a New Pulse Duplicator.- Long-Term Results of Emergency Surgery for Active Infective Endocarditis of the Aortic Valve..- Decision-Making Aspects in Valve Surgery for Active Bacterial Endocarditis..- Session II Vascular Surgery.- Extra-anatomic Bypass Chairman: K. Kremer, Dosseldorf; Co-Chairman: N.L. Browse, London.- Review of Indication for Extra-anatomic Bypass..- Revascularization of Lower Limbs Using the Axillary Artery. Early and Late Results of 98 Bypass Grafts..- Analysis and Follow-up of 186 Alternative Bypasses..- Extra-anatomic Bypasses. Clinical and Hemodynamic Results.- Axillofemoral Bypass: An 8 Year Follow-up..- Late Results of Extra-anatomical Bypass Methods..- Axillo-femoral Bypass - A Method of Choice in Aorto-femoral Obliterative Disease..- Extra-anatomical Bypass Through the Obturator Foramen.- Poor Risk Patients Selection in the Management of Aorto-iliac Occlusions: Extra-anatomic Bypass Versus Extra-peritoneal Procedures..- Indications and Results of Femoro-femoral Bypass.- The Femoro-femoral Cross-over-Bypass: An Alternative Treatment of Unilateral Iliac Artery Obstruction..- Acute Ischemia of the Upper Limb Following Extra-anatomical Bypass..- Reconstructive Surgery of the Supraaortic Main Trunks: Extra-anatomic (-thoracic) Versus Transthoracic Procedures.- Our Experiences With Extra-anatomical Bypass Operations in the Supraaortic Area..- Two-stage Procedures in Cerebrovascular Insufficiency: Combination of Carotid Endarterectomy and Externa-interna Bypass..- Surgical Management of Takayasu-Onishi-Arteritis..- Session III Cardiac Surgery.- Tachycardiac Rhythm Disorders Coronary Disease Chairman: C. Hahn, Geneva; Co-Chairman: H.H. Bentall, London.- Surgical Treatment of Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.- Surgical Problems Encountered in Interruption of Multiple Anomalous Pathways of Atrioventricular Conduction (Kent Bundles).- Surgical Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia: Value of Underlying Mechanism..- Invited Lecture Coronary Artery Surgery - Current State of the Art..- Patterns of Coronary Artery Distribution: Radiological and Anatomical Correlations..- Coronary Revascularization With Snakegrafts. Experience in 214 Patients..- The Immediate Function of Sequential Aorto-coronary Vein Grafts to Closely Adjacent Myocardial Areas..- Control of Cardiac Output After Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery in the Early and Late Postoperative Period by Two-dimensional Echocardiography..- Assessment of Aortocoronary Bypass Graft Patency by Means of Thallium-201 Myocardial Scintigraphy..- Early Revision of Aorto-coronary Bypass Grafts..- Surgical Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Complicated by Septal Rupture (VSR)..- Session IV Vascular Surgery.- Combined Disease of the Aorto-iliac and Femoro-popliteal Arteries Chairman: M. Vink, Leiden; Co-Chairman: J. Vollmar, Ulm.- Femoral Artery Doppler Waveform Analysis in the Assessment of Combined Iliac and Femoral Artery Disease..- Numerate Doppler Analysis in the Determination of the Aorto-iliac Component of Multilevel Arterial Disease..- Principles of Surgery in Combined Aorto-iliac and Femoro-popliteal Occlusive Lesions..- Surgical Management of the Aorto-iliac and Femoro-popliteal Arteritis Disease..- Aorto-iliac Thrombo-Endarterectomy..- Concomitant Revascularization of Aorto-iliac-Femoropopliteal Atherosclerotic Lesions..- Value of Popliteal Artery TEA in Treatment of Combined Aorto-iliac-Femoropopliteal Disease..- Evaluation of the Profundoplasty in Reconstructions of Combined Aorto-iliac and Femoropopliteal Occlusive Disease..- Long Grafts in the Treatment of Combined Iliac and Femoral Artery Disease..- Disease of the Aorto-iliac and Femoropopliteal Arteries. Combined Surgical Repair in 48 Cases..- Late Results in Surgery of Aorto-iliac-Femoral Occlusive Disease..- Aorto-femoro-popliteal and Aorto-femoro-tibial Reconstructions: 10-Years Experience..- Session V Cardiac Surgery.- Infection in Cardiac Surgery Chairman: R. Soyer, Rouen; Co-Chairman: P. Naumann, Dusseldorf.- Positive Blood Culture: Germ Number and Distribution in 706 Patients After Open Heart Surgery..- Antibiotic Concentration in Human Hearts..- Gentamicin-Pharmacokinetic During Open Heart Surgery: Serum and Tissue Concentrations in Valvular, Muscular, and Subcutaneous Tissue..- Antibiotic Levels in the Human Serum, Pericardial Fluid, and Heart Tissues..- Intraoperative Changes of Immunoglobulins and Complement Fractions During Open Heart Surgery Using Membrane Oxygenators.- Serum C-reactive Protein Levels in Septicaemia and Endocarditis.- Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Cardiac Surgery With Cephalosporins..- Cephalosporins Versus Penicillins in Open Heart Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial..- Prospective Randomized Comparative Study of Cefamandole Versus Ampicillin-Cloxacillin Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Extracorporeal Cardiovascular Surgery..- An Investigation of the Influence of Perioperative Antibiotic Treatment on the Resistancy-characteristics of Bacteria Isolated from Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery..- Treatment of Infective Endocarditis. An Analysis of 68 Surgically Treated Patients..- Airborne Contamination Hazard in Open-Heart Surgery. Efficiency of Air Filtration and Laminar Flow..- Session VI Cardiac Surgery.- Heart Disease in Infancy and Childhood Chairman: A. Senning, Zurich; Co-Chairman: E. Bos, Rotterdam.- Surgery of the Interrupted Aortic Arch..- The Mitral Valve in Atrioventricular Canal Defect (AVCD).- Complete Atrioventricular Canal. Long-Term Results With Special Reference to Block and Mitral Valve Function..- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage (TAPVD) in Infancy. Results of Corrective Surgery..- Hemodynamic Results After Reconstruction of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract in Severe Tetralogy of Fallot With Monocusp Patch.- Surgical Treatment of Fallot's Tetralogy in Children Under Four Years of Age..- Invited Lecture Early and Late Results of Corrective Cardiac Surgery During the First Year of Life..- Cardiac Forum Chairman: F. Sebening, Munich; Co-Chairman: H. Huysmans, Leiden.- Surgical Treatment of Superior Vena Caval Obstruction.- Surgery in Intensive Care Unit..- Is an Increase in Myocardial Perfusion in the Thallium Scintigram to be Expected After Left Ventricular Aneurysmectomy?.- The Effect of Left Ventricular Aneurysmectomy on Left Ventricular Function at Rest and During Exercise. A Retrospective Study of 350 Patients..- Treatment of Sternal Dehiscence After Open Cardiac Surgery.- Sterno-Mediastinitis Following Open-Heart Surgery. Review of Five Years Experience..- Aneurysm of Ascending Aorta and Aortic Valve Insufficiency: Surgical Treatment..- Stimulation of Myocardial Alpha-Adrenoceptors Mediating Positive Inotropic Effect in Human Atrial Preparations by Adrenaline and Dopamine..- Session VII Cardiovascular Surgery.- Aortic Dissections Chairman: P. Blondeau, Paris; Co-Chairman: A. Senn, Berne.- Computed Tomographic Evaluation of Aortic Dissections.- Surgical Treatment of Aneurysms of the Thoracic Aorta.- Operative Treatment of Acute Aortic Dissections..- Three-Year Clinical Experience With the Gelatine-Resorcine-Formol Biological Glue in Acute Aortic Dissection..- Surgical Experiences of Chronic Dissecting Aneurysms of the Aorta..- Variants and Surgical Treatment of Chronic Dissecting Aortic Aneurysms..- Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm: Ten Years Experience and Long-Term Results of Surgical Treatment..- Late Surgical Results of Ascending Aortic Dissections..- Session VIII Vascular Surgery.- Vascular Forum I Chairman: A. Thevenet, Montpellier; Co-Chairman: U. Ruberti, Milan.- Surgical Treatment of Chronic Intestinal Ischemia.- Management of Acute Mesenteric Vascular Disease (60 Cases).- Treatment of Infections After Arterial Reconstructive Procedures: Possibilities and Results..- Septic False Aneurysms After Vascular Operations.- Secondary and Late Repair in Arterial Injury..- An Improved Autogenous Vein for Bypass Grafting? An Experimental Study..- Study of the Aorta by CT Scanning..- Proteic Deposit and Experimental Arterial Prosthesis in the Dog.- Vascular Forum II Chairman: J. Sautot, Lyon; Co-Chairman: R. May, Innsbruck.- Surgical Management in Patients With Embolizing Deep Vein Thrombosis..- Surgical Treatment of Post-Thrombophlebitic Syndrome of the Lower Extremities and Pelvis in the Stage of Occlusion..- Randomized Trial of Bandaging After Sclerotherapy for Varicose Veins..- Stereoflebografic Study of the Insufficient Perforating Veins, Dependent on Deep and Superficial Femoral Veins..- Impedance Plethysmography and Its Limitations (Remarks Based on 79 Cases)..- High Aortoiliac Occlusion: Treated by Bypass Grafting from the Thoracic Aorta to Femoral Arteries..- Management of Subclavian and Common Carotid Lesions by Transposition..- The Surgical Treatment of Atherosclerotic Occlusion of the Innominate and Subclavian Arteries. Long-Term Results.- Session IX Joint Session.- Infections in Cardiovascular Surgery Chairman: C. Hahn, Geneva; Co-Chairman: G. Poulias, Athens.- Leriche Lecture On the Management of the Ischaemic Limb..- General Hospital Hygiene and Wound Infections After Heart Surgery..- Penetrability of Four Cephalosporins into Skeletal Muscle and Subcutaneous Fat of the Ischaemic Leg..- Risk of Postoperative Infections in Cardiovascular Surgery.- Indium111 - Leukocyte Scintigraph. A New Method in Diagnosis of Infected Vascular Prosthetic Grafts. Preliminary Results.- Serratia Marcescens Septicemia from Pressure Monitoring Chambers in Cardiovascular Operations..- Factors Influencing Infection Rate of Indewelling Intravascular and Thoracic Catheters Following Cardiac Surgery..- The Blood-gas Analyzer and Disposable Pressure Monitoring Systems as Sources of Infection..- Are the Inguinal Lymph Nodes Responsible for Infections of Angioplastic Procedures in the Groin?.- The Hepatitis Risk After Operations Using Extracorporeal Circulation (ECC) - A Prospective Study..- Hepatitis After Open Heart Surgery..- Prophylaxis and Therapy of Graft Infection in Vascular Surgery.- Session X Cardiac Surgery.- Cardiac Forum II Chairman: M.E.M. Macedo, Lisbon; Co-Chairman: P. Satter, Frankfurt.- Comparative Hemodynamic Results of Medical and Surgical Therapy in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.- Fibrin Glue for Treatment of Bleeding in Cardiac Surgery.- Assessment of Right Ventricular Preservation During Cold Cardioplegic Arrest..- A Comparison Between Myocardial Protection With Nifedipine and Other Cardioplegic Techniques..- Effects of Intraaortic Balloon Counter Pulsation on Collateral Blood Flow and Infarct Size..- Cardiac Valve Replacement With Pericardial Xenograft..- Invited Lecture Beneficial Effects of Computer-Controlled Blood Infusion in Patients Recovering from Cardiac Surgery..- Heart Disease in Infancy and Childhood Chairman: G. Semb, Oslo; Co-Chairman: I. Louhimo, Helsinki.- Invited Lecture The Present State and Future Expectations of Surgery for Tricuspid Atresia..- Experience With Palliative Surgery for Tricuspid Atresia.- Repair of Aortic Coarctation in Neonates..- Pacemaker Implantation in Children..- Aortic Valve Replacement in Children With Rheumatic Heart Disease..- The Preserved Dura Mater for Repair of Congenital Cardiac Anomalies..- Clinical Experience With Aortoventriculoplasty for Different Types of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction (LVOTO).- Session XI Vascular Surgery.- Vascular Forum III Chairman: K.V. Hall, Oslo; Co-Chairman: R.C. de Sobregrau, Barcelona.- Hemodilution in Arterial Reconstructive Surgery..- Increased Calf Blood Flow and Haemoglobin Delivery Following Haemodilution in Patients With Intermittent Claudication.- Thermal Entrainment of Peripheral Blood Flow..- Significance of Red Cell Deformability..- Extensive Vascular Surgery on Combined Aorto-iliac and Femoropopliteal Diseases. Indications and Results.- Intraoperative Monitoring, Preoperative and Intraoperative Investigation With the Aid of the Opthalmodynamogram.- The Intra-arterial Permanent Perfusion With Prostaglandin E1 for Limb Salvage in Cases With Severe Inoperable Occlusive Disease in Stage IV..- Preliminary Experience With Prostaglandins E1 and E2 in Peripheral Vascular Disease..- Vascular Forum IV Chairman: P. Balas, Athens; Co-Chairman: J. van der Stricht, Brusselles.- Aortofemoropopliteal Reconstruction in One and Two Acts.- Preventing and Detecting Problems With Femoro-popliteal Grafts.- The Hemodynamics of the Side-to-end A-V Fistula in the Wrist.- Late Results of Femoropopliteal and Femorotibial Bypasses Examined by Transvenous Xeroarteriography..- Our Experiences With Surgical Treatment of the Asymptomatic Lesions of the Extracranial Cerebral Blood Vessels..- Resting and Effort ECG Findings in Patients With Peripheral Vascular Disease..- Angiography, Ultrasound, and the Vascular Surgeon..- Ultrasonic Doppler Scanning and B Mode Imaging of the Carotid Artery..- Film Session Cardiovascular Surgery Chairman: H. Dalichau, Cologne; Co-Chairman: J.C. Reidemeister, Essen.- Two Motion Pictures..- Truncus Arteriosus (Rastelli-McGoon Operation)..- Left Atrial Tumor Simulating Mitral Stenosis Combined With Rheumatic Mitral Insufficiency - Removal of the Tumor and Heart Valve Replacement With the St. Jude Medical Prosthesis.- Flow Dynamics of the Deep Femoral Artery..- Cardiac Valve Replacement Using Omniscience Pivoting Disc Prosthesis..- Mitral Valve Replacement..