A book for understanding the origins of current practice in cardiac procedures

Innovative ideas from the past offer unlimited opportunities for researchers of today and tomorrow and may be re-explored with the help of modern technologies

A useful source for young professionals

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Part I: Research on Cardiac Surgery and Catheterization before the Advent of Cardiopulmonary Bypass: 1. From the ancient world to the modern era: Pathways of surgical and circulation research.- 2. The ignored birth of cardiac surgery. Pericardial effusion and heart wounds.- 3. Pulmonary embolism and chronic constrictive pericarditis.- 4. Research on cardiac catheterization. Focus on Stephan Hales, Arrigo Montanari, and Werner Forssmann.- 5. The relief of mitral valve stenosis. Research on mitral and tricuspid valve repair in Russia.- 6. The relief of aortic valve pathology. From Theodor Tuffier to Charles Hufnagel.- 7. First strategies for the treatment of aortic aneurysms and dissection.- 8. Research on the surgical treatment of ischemic heart disease.- 9. Research on circulatory assist devices, heterotypic and orthotopic heart transplantation.- 10. Congenital heart disease.- 11. Anesthesia and postoperative care before the advent of cardiopulmonary bypass.- Part II: Invention of the Cardiopulmonary Bypass Machine: 12. Ignored and visionary precursors: Focus on Alexis Carrel and Charles Lindbergh.- 13. Research on cardiopulmonary bypass in Europe.- 14. Research on cardiopulmonary bypass in the U.S.A. John H. Gibbon: Biographical notes, experiments, and realization of a dream.- Part III: Research on Cardiac Surgery after the Advent of Cardiopulmonary Bypass : The Evolution of Interventional Cardiology:
15. Coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions.- 16. Research on coronary stenting.- 17. Percutaneous valvuloplasty.- 18. Research on interventional septum closure.- 19. Research and evolution of mechanical and biological prosthetic heart valves.- 20. Research on valve repair and valve sparing.- 21. Research on myocardial protection.- 22. Evolution of aortic vascular prosthesis: Surgical and endovascular.- 23. Research on hypothermia, circulatory arrest, and brain protection.- 24. Surgical and cardiological ablation of atrial fibrillation.- 25. Evolution of pacemakers and defibrillators.- 26. Surgery for ischemic heart disease and mechanical complication of myocardial infarction.- 27. Surgery for mediastinitis.- 28. Engineering for IABP, ECMO, and ventricular assist devices.- 29. Heterotopic and orthotopic heart transplantation.- 30. Congenital heart disease.- 31. Bioengineering for minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery.- 32. Percutaneous and transapical aortic valve implantation.- 33. The evolution of anesthesia and postoperative care after the advent of cardiopulmonary bypass.