Management of Heart Failure

Jai Raman, MD, FRACS, PhD, is director of the Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery and surgical director, Advanced Heart Failure, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. He is a professor in the Department of Surgery. An internationally recognized leader in cardiac surgery, Raman has pioneered numerous new surgical procedures, focusing primarily on heart transplantation and the treatment of heart failure. These innovations include techniques to stop the heart from enlarging in heart failure patients; a method of restoring the shape and size of scarred heart chambers; the development of new surgical instruments for the minimally invasive removal of tissue that causes abnormal heart rhythm; and new techniques for repairing the heart's mitral and tricuspid valves. He has the largest experience in the Chicago region with minimally invasive cardiac surgery, including aortic surgery, coronary artery bypass grafting, andprocedures to treat arrhythmias and valve problems.

Chapter 1 - Surgical Perspectives - Arkalgud Sampathkumar and Jaishankar Raman 



Chapter 2 - Pathophysiology: Clinical Spectrum and Current Management - Mahesh P. Gupta and Jaishankar Raman



Chapter 3 - Strategies in Surgical Management - Irving Kron



Chapter 4 - Transplantation for End-Stage Heart Disease - David C. McGiffin, James K. Kirklin, James E. Davies, Jr. and Spencer J. Melby



Chapter 5 - Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the Treatment of Heart Failure - Ahmet Kilic, Jaishankar Raman and Bryan A. Whitson



Chapter 6 - Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support: Bridge to Recovery or to Decision - Bryan A. Whitson, Katarzyna Hryniewicz and Ranjit John



Chapter 7 - Left Ventricular Reconstruction in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy - Salim Aziz and Jaishankar Raman



Chapter 8 - Ventricular Containment, Shape Change, Infarct Restraint - George C. Christensen, III, Jaishankar Raman, Ahmet Kilic and Bryan A. Whitson



Chapter 9 - Mitral Valve Repair - Arthur Charles Hill, Thomas Beaver and Jaishankar Raman



Chapter 10 - Aortic Valve Surgery in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure - Juan A. Crestanello



Chapter 11 - Left Ventricular Assist Devices for Long-Term Circulatory Support - Abbasali S. Badami and Shahab A. Akhter



Chapter 12 - The Economics of Ventricular Assist Devices - Alexander Irbarne, Kimberly N. Hong and Mark J. Russo



Chapter 13 - Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: Medical Management and Catheter Ablation - Andrew J. Sauer and Bradley P. Knight



Chapter 14 - Surgical Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation - Gil Bolotin and J.G. Maessen



Chapter 15 - Other Techniques in Special Circumstances: Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy in Right Heart Failure - Travis L. Pollema and Michael M. Madani



Chapter 16 - Right Heart Failure in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery - Gerhard Ziemer, Zsolt L. Prodan and Emile Bacha



Chapter 17 - Anesthetic Management and Hemodynamic Management - Richa Dhawan and Mark A. Chaney



Chapter 18 - Peri-operative Care, ICU Care and Fluid Management - Rinaldo Bellomo