Overview
This book addresses the most technically demanding but life-changing techniques in the treatment of conotruncal heart defects, as many repairs are performed on small infants. Each chapter reviews surgical anatomy (the anatomical classification that the surgeon is using), preoperative evaluation (the surgeon's check list before doing the surgery), and surgical techniques (clear drawings and videos, minimal text). It is an essential reference book for newly qualified surgeons when performing these complex cases. Conotruncal heart defects (CTHDs) are a group of complex congenital anomalies of the cardiovascular system that are a major cause of symptomatic cardiac disease at birth. They may account for up to 30% of all congenital cardiac anomalies. In many instances, patients with CTHD are symptomatic in the first days or weeks of life, with severe cyanosis or heart failure, requiring surgery in the neonatal period or in infancy. Most CHTD are today diagnosed in utero by fetal ultrasound. CHTDs are usually defined as malformations of the cardiac outflow tracts and presumably result in disturbance in the development of the cono-truncal apparatus of the embryonic heart, as well as of the primitive aortic arches. CTHDs include the following: truncus arteriosus, tetralogy of Fallot, double outlet right (or left) ventricle, transposition of the arteries, corrected transposition of the great arteries, interrupted aortic arch. The outcomes of CHTD surgery has considerably improved in the past 20 years, with quite fascinating innovations.
Full Product Details
Author: Francois Lacour-Gayet ,
Edward Bove ,
Viktor Hraška ,
Victor Morell
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
ISBN: 9783319794457
ISBN 10: 3319794450
Pages: 627
Publication Date: 19 April 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Through the most current embryological and genetic research, the book attempts to define and explain the development of the conotruncal anomalies. ... for advanced practitioners, it is a current, quick reference. ... Many of the illustrations are in color to enhance the appearance and increase comprehension. Overall, this is an impressive book with advanced, detailed information on some of the most complicated and difficult cardiac anomalies currently amenable to surgical correction. (Robert M. Arensman, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2016)
Author Information
Francois Lacour-Gayet, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Consultant, Professor of Surgery, Imperial College, London, Royal Brompton Hospital, Department of Cardiac Surgery, London, UK Edward L. Bove, MD, Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Chairman, Cardiac Surgery Department, University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Viktor Hraška, MD, PhD, Asklepios Clinic Sankt Agustin, German Pediatric Heart Center, Sankt Augustin, Germany Victor O. Morell, MD, Eugene S. Wiener Professor and Chair, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vice Chair & Director of Cardiovascular Services, Dept. Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA e-height:107%;font-family:""Calibri"",""sans-serif""; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: ""Times New Roman"";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;letter-spacing:-.15pt; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"">Thomas L. Spray, MD, Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Alice Langdon Warner Endowed Chair, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
