Cardiac Reconstructions

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

   PDF

2. On Cardiac Reconstructions

   1. On Cardiac Reconstructions

      • P. K. Ghosh

      Pages 1-5

3. Reconstruction in Congenital Lesions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

      PDF

   2. Long-Term Follow-Up of 133 Atrioventricular Septal Defects

      • T. Ebels, A. H. Cromme-Dijkhuis, A. Eijgelaar, M. J. M. Schasfoort-van Leeuwen, E. J. Meijboom, J. N. Homan van der Heide

      Pages 8-14

   3. Surgical Repair of Complete Atrioventricular Canal: Analysis of Early and Late Results

      • A. E. Urban, A. M. Brecher, M. Pozzi, J. Remig

      Pages 15-19

   4. Outcome and Course of Primary Corrective Surgery of Atrioventricular Canal Anomalies in Infancy

      • W. R. Thies, W. Matthies, T. Breymann, H. Meyer, R. Körfer

      Pages 20-24

   5. Correction of Mitral Incompetence in Atrioventricular Canal Defects with Double-Orifice Mitral Valve: The Triple-Orifice Repair

      • O. Alfieri, B. De Mol

      Pages 25-29

   6. Considerations on the Mitral Valve During Total Correction of Complete Atrioventricular Canal in Infancy Using the Two-Patch Technique

      • F.-X. Schmid, S. Iversen, D. Schranz, H. Oelert

      Pages 30-37

   7. Conservative Surgery for Congenital Abnormalities of the Mitral Valve

      • N. K. Bhatnagar, J. D. Wisheart

      Pages 38-43

   8. Long-Term Results for Atrioventricular Connection in Tricuspid Atresia

      • G. Touati, F. Leca, P. Vouhe, P. M. Roux, F. Baillot-Vernant, P. Mauriat et al.

      Pages 44-47

   9. Reoperations for Obstructed Ventriculopulmonary Conduits

      • P. M. Roux, A. Serraf, G. Touati, P. Vouhe, O. Bical, F. Baillot-Vernant et al.

      Pages 48-51

   10. Surgical Correction of Double-Outlet Right Ventricle

       • H. Greve, H. Dittrich

       Pages 52-58

   11. Early and Medium-Term Results After Correction of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage in Infancy

       • A. E. Urban, A. M. Brecher, J. Remig, M. Pozzi

       Pages 59-65

   12. Arterial Switch for Repair of Simple and Complex Transposition of the Great Arteries: Early Experience

       • A. E. Urban, A. M. Brecher, M. Pozzi

       Pages 66-71

4. Tricuspid Valve Reconstructions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

      PDF

   2. Tricuspid Valve Reconstructions

      • R. Rivera

      Pages 74-81

   3. Tricuspid Valve Repair by a Flexible Linear Reducer

      • V. Dottori, R. Perrin, M. Benoit, J.-P. Bex

      Pages 82-84

   4. Modified Annuloplasty of the Tricuspid Valve: Technique and Long-Term Results

      • H. D. Schulte, W. Bircks, D. Horstkotte

      Pages 85-91

   5. Medium-Term Clinical and Hemodynamic Results after Reconstruction of the Tricuspid Valve Applying a New Technique

      • C. Minale, H. Lambertz, B. J. Messmer

      Pages 92-100

   6. Reconstruction of Tricuspid Valve Leaflets Destroyed by Bacterial Endocarditis

      • S. Khonsari, C. Sintek, P. Sidhu, M. Singh, A. Fletcher

      Pages 101-107

Attempts to reconstruct various parts of the heart started even before the beginning of open cardiac surgery. By the late 1950s and early 1960 s several closed and open procedures had already been described. In that era, several surgeons in Europe and the Americas were particularly prompted to develop various techniques of valve re­ construction because of the lack of acceptable valve prostheses and conduits which have become available subsequently. At that time, several congenital lesions still defied definitive correction, and clinical attempts at left ventricular wall replacement had not yet got under way. A renaissance in different cardiac reconstructive procedures started at the beginning of the 1980s. As the problems relating to valve prostheses became more generally appreciated and the importance of chamber volumes and geometry (atrial or ventricular) was accorded due importance in the long-term follow-up, there was a resurgence of surgical attempts at reconstruction in congenital and acquired cardiac lesions so as to approximate the natural state. At the same time several characteristics of this reconstructive "discipline" became apparent. First, cardiac reconstructive surgery has remained a surgical "art" with a gradually increasing number of interested cardiac surgeons.

• Cardiac surgery
• Herzchirugie
• Herzklappenchirugie
• Kardio-Rekonstruktionschirugie
• Koronarchirugie
• angeborene Herzfehler
• congenital heart disease
• coronary artery surgery
• heart valve surgery
• reconstructive surgery
• surgery

• Institute of Medical Sciences, Cardiovascular Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate, Lucknow, India

  Probal K. Ghosh

• Herzchirurgie Salzburg, Landeskrankenanstalten, Salzburg, Austria

  Probal K. Ghosh, Felix Unger

Policies and ethics