Coronary Heart Surgery

1. Controversial Points in Selection of Patients for Surgery.- Changing Medical and Surgical Therapy in Coronary Artery Disease - Need for Prospective Studies.- A Critical Review of the Veterans Administrative Cooperative Study.- The Effect of Coronary Bypass on Longevity - a Nonrandomized Study.- The Effects of Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery on Life Expectancy - a Nonrandomized Study.- Does Coronary Bypass Surgery Prolong Life Expectancy?.- Are There Indications for Surgery in Asymptomatic Patients?.- Factors to Prolong Survival in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.- Preinfarction Angina due to LAD Stenosis - a Surgical Follow-up.- Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery in Patients with Organic Coronary Atherosclerosis Combined with Spasm.- Indications and Results of Emergency Coronary Revascularization.- 2. Controversial Points in Surgical Tactics and Techniques.- Complete Revascularization, Including Moderate Stenosis?.- Is Revascularization Limited to Good Quality and High Caliber Vessels?.- Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease; Is it a Contraindication for Surgery?.- Revascularization of Partially Infarcted Areas - Pathologist's Point of View.- Revascularization of Partially Infarcted Myocardium.- Indications for Distal Coronary Artery Endarterectomy and Proximal Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts.- Patency Rate and Functional Results of Left Anterior Descending Bypass Surgery by Internal Mammary Artery.- The Internal Mammary Artery as a Coronary Artery Bypass Graft.- Does the Choice of Grafts (Veins or IMA) Influence Patency Rate and Functional Results?.- Intra-operative Estimation of Technical and Functional Causes of Limited Aortocoronary Bypass Flow.- 3. Indications for and Results of Aneurysmectomy.- Tachyarrhythmia as an Indication for Cardiac Surgery.- Does Aneurysmectomy Reduce Life-Threatening Ventricular Arrhythmias?.- Modification of Ventricular Function by Hypercontraction of the Surviving Heart Muscle Following Myocardial Infarction 174.- Factors Influencing Results in Surgery of Postinfarction Ventricular Aneurysms.- Functional Analysis of the Left Ventricle with Postinfarction Aneurysm.- 4. Anesthesia and Myocardial Protection in Coronary Heart Surgery.- Primary Importance of Myocardial Blood Flow in Determining in the Survival of Ischemic Myocardium.- Myocardial Protection by Cardioplegic Solutions.- Myocardial Protection by Pulsatile Flow - Clinical Experience.- Comparative Study of Three Methods of Myocardial Protection.- Anesthesia for Coronary Artery Surgery.- Myocardial Protection by a Calcium Antagonist.- Myocardial Protection and Postoperative Care with Vasodilator Therapy (Nitrates).- Can Postoperative Care be Facilitated by Preoperative Preparation?.- 5. Functional Results of Coronary Heart Surgery.- Factors Influencing Long-Term Improvement of Angina Pectoris, Exercise Tolerance, and Exercise Electrocardiography in Patients After Vein Bypass Surgery.- Long-Term Effect of Coronary Bypass Surgery on Exercise Tolerance: A 2-Year Randomized Study.- Improvement of Hemodynamics During Exercise.- Pulmonary Artery Pressure During Exercise and LV Diastolic Compliance Before and After Coronary Artery Surgery.- Factors Influencing Improvement of Hemodynamics During Exercise.- Thallium201 Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy for the Evaluation of Post Coronary Bypass Patients.- Regional Ventricular Function at Rest, During Leg Raising and Physical Exercise Before and After Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery.- Global and Regional Postoperative Left Ventricular Function in Relation to Preoperative Function and Degree of Revascularization.- Early Myocardial Depression After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.- Indications for and Results of Reoperation.- 6. What Can be Done to Improve Long-Term Results and Vocational Rehabilitation?.- Recent Changes in Incidence and Course of Hepatitis After Heart Surgery.- Contributing Factors Preventing Return to Work of Cardiac Surgery Patients.- Clinical Results and Social Implications in Patients Af