Modern Cardiac Surgery

Section I Invited Lectures.- The National Heart Hospital Surgical Lecture 'Transplantation of the heart'.- The Hammersmith Cardiac Surgery. Lecture 'Tissue valve grafting'. Aortic valve replacement with autologous fascia lata.- Section II The Mitral Valve.- 1. Echocardiography.- 2. Mitral valve disease: the case for cardiac catheterization.- 3. Closed mitral valvotomy.- 4. Open mitral valvotomy.- 5. Reconstruction of the mitral valve.- 6. Fluid dynamics of prosthetic heart valves.- 7. Aortic homograft valves for mitral valve replacement.- 8. Echocardiographic studies after mitral valve replacement.- 9. Haemolysis associated with prosthetic valves-cardiac haemolytic anaemia, red cell fragmentation syndrome.- 10. Thromboembolism and valve failure: a multi-centre valve study.- 11. Mitral valve replacement.- 12. Antimicrobial treatment of allograft valves.- Section III Endocardial Cushion.- 13. Anatomy of the common atrioventricular canal.- 14. Conducting tissue in complete atrioventricular canal malformations.- 15. Atrioventricular canal: surgical anatomy and repair.- 16. Correction of complete atrioventricular canal in infancy.- 17. The results of repair of complete atrioventricular canal (a British multi-centre study).- 18. Anatomy and conducting tissue in partial atrioventricular canal defects.- 19. Surgery for ostium primum atrial septal defect.- 20. Endocardial cushion: partial A-V canal-long-term results.- Section IV Surgery of the 4th And 6th Aortic Canal.- 21. Results of patent ductus arteriosus ligation in infants and children.- 22. Vascular rings.- 23. Surgical relief of coarctation of the aorta in infancy using the left sub-clavian arterial flap technique.- 24. Patent ductus arteriosus: indications, operative techniques and postoperative care in infants.- 25. Recoarctation of the aorta.- 26. Coarctation of the aorta in the adult.- Section V Pulmonary Atresia.- 27. The development of the pulmonary circulation in pulmonary atresia.- 28. Surgical management of pulmonary atresia with confluent pulmonary arteries.- 29. Pulmonary atresia with non-confluent pulmonary arteries.- Section VI Palliative Surgery for Cyanotic Heart Disease in Infancy.- 30. The development of palliative operations for the tetralogy of Fallot.- 31. Tetralogy of Fallot: haemodynamic and angiocardiographic considerations.- 32. Late results of aortopulmonary shunts.- 33. Palliative surgery for cyanotic heart disease in infancy.- 34. Open infundibulectomy in Fallot's tetralogy and hypoplastic pulmonary arteries.- 35. Anatomical correction of complete transposition of the great arteries in infancy.- Section VII Left Ventricular Function and Protection.- 36. Non-invasive study of left ventricular function.- 37. Factors affecting left ventricular performance.- 38. Elective cardiac arrest: historical perspective.- 39. The role of electrolyte and temperature changes in myocardial protection.- 40. Cold cardioplegia versus continuous coronary perfusion: clinical and cytochemical assessment.- 41. Low sodium-induced arrest in patients.- 42. Myocardial preservation during extended periods of ischaemia. Experimental results with a new cardioplegic solution ('Sbokos 3' solution).- 43. Intraoperative protection of the heart: topical myocardial hypo thermia.- Section VIII Transposition of the Great Arteries.- 44. The Mustard operation.- 45. A current technique for the Mustard operation.- 46. Long-term results of the Mustard operation.- 47. Reoperation for complications of the Mustard operation: technical considerations.- 48. Management of transposition of the great arteries with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.- 49. Rastelli operation.- 50. Atrial inversion for transposition of the great arteries using an intra-atrial dacron baffle: surgical technique and results.- 51. Transposition of the great arteries.- 52. Diagnosis of double outlet right ventricle (DORY) by M-mode echocardiography.- 53. Arrhythmias after the Mustard operation: a study of 24-h tape monitoring.- Section IX Complicated Atrioseptal Defects.- 54. Complicated atrioseptal defects.