Comprehensive Surgical Management of Congenital Heart Disease (Hodder Arnold Publication)

This book is the first single authored textbook covering the complete spectrum of surgical management of congenital heart disease. The author, Dr. Richard Jonas, is the Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at Children's Hospital Boston and the fourth William E Ladd Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Management of congenital heart disease today requires a collaborative effort by a large healthcare team including congenital cardiac surgeons but also pediatric cardiologists, pediatric cardiac intensivists, pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists, perfusion and respiratory technicians and pediatric nurses. All of these individuals need to have a clear understanding of the surgical manipulations that take place in the operating room. This textbook provides beautifully illustrations that clearly depict even the most complex procedures. But this book is much more than an operative atlas. It presents evidence-based medicine that provides numerous scientific citations which explain not only how an operation should be done but in addition when and why it should be done and the outcomes of these interventions. Presents Evidence-based Medicine That Provides Numerous Scientific Citations Which Explain Not Only How An Operation Should Be Done But In Addition When And Why It Should Be Done And The Outcomes Of These Interventions. Why Early Primary Repair? -- Surgical Technique -- Biomaterials For Congenital Cardiac Surgery -- Anesthesia For Congenital Heart Surgery -- Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care -- The Bypass Circuit: Hardware Options -- Prime Constituents And Hemodilution -- Carbon Dioxide, Ph And Oxygen Management -- Hypothermia, Reduced Flow And Circulatory Arrest -- Myocardial Protection -- Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Aortopulmonary Window, Sinus Of Valsalva Fistula, Aortoventricular Tunnel -- Coarctation Of The Aorta -- Atrial Septal Defect -- Ventricular Septal Defect -- Transposition Of The Great Arteries -- Tetralogy Of Fallot With Pulmonary Stenosis -- Valve Surgery -- Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction: Aortic Valve Stenosis, Subaortic Stenosis, Supravalvar Aortic Stenosis -- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome -- Single Ventricle -- Complete Atrioventricular Canal -- Anomalies Of The Pulmonary Veins -- Double Outlet Right Ventricle -- Truncus Arteriosus -- Tetralogy Of Fallot With Pulmonary Atresia -- Pulmonary Atresia With Intact Ventricular Septum -- Interrupted Aortic Arch -- Congenitally Corrected Transposition Of The Great Arteries -- Vascular Rings, Slings, And Tracheal Anomalies -- Anomalies Of The Coronary Arteries. Richard Jonas ; With James Dinardo ... [et Al.] ; Illustrated By Rebekah Dodson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The management of congenital heart disease has changed dramatically over the last 15 years and continues to evolve at a rapid pace. More than ever before contemporary practice requires a collaborative effort by a large healthcare team comprised not only of congenital cardiac surgeons but also pediatric cardiac nurses, pediatric cardiologists, perfusion and respiratory technicians, pediatric cardiac intensivists, pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists, ultrasonographers, and MRI and catheter laboratory technicians. All of these individuals need to have a clear understanding of the morphology and pathophysiology of congenital heart disease as well as the surgical manipulations that take place in the operating room. This textbook describes in detail the current practice in congenital heart surgery of Richard A Jonas and the team from Harvard Medical School in Boston with whom he worked closely for many years. The book includes numerous beautiful illustrations providing comprehensive and detailed information about intra-operative management of the entire spectrum of congenital heart surgery. However, this is much more than an operative atlas that illustrates how an operation should be done; it also incorporates an evidence-based approach, supported throughout by numerous scientific citations, to explain when and why an operation should be done as well as the risks, benefits and potential complications.