Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

1 Introduction: What is Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery?.- I Physiology of Injury.- 2 Pathophysiology of Cardiopulmonary Bypass.- 3 Endothelial Cell Injury.- II Less Invasive Approaches to Coronary Bypass Grafting.- 4 Minimally Invasive Coronary Bypass Grafting vs Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: The Cardiologist’s Perspective.- 5 Visualization Techniques for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery.- 6 Techniques of Minimally Invasive Internal Mammary Artery Harvest.- 7 Myocardial Stabilization During Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.- 8 Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on the Beating Heart: The American Experience.- 9 Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on the Beating Heart: The European Experience.- 10 Port-Access Coronary Artery Bypass.- 11 Minimally Invasive Saphenous Vein Harvest.- 12 Alternative Approaches to Vascular Anastomosis Surgery.- 13 Device-Supported Myocardial Revascularization.- 14 Economic Impact of Less Invasive Cardiac Operations.- 15 Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Quality of Life Issues.- III Noncoronary Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery.- 16 Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery.- 17 Aortic Valve Surgery via Limited Incisions.- 18 Minimally Invasive Approaches to Congenital Heart Surgery.