The Evolution of Cardiac Surgery

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Indiana University Press, 1992 - 476 pagina's
"This book is the first complete history of the development of heart surgery. Its story ranges from the observations of the ancient Greeks through early efforts to repair heart wounds in the nineteenth century to the extraordinary advances of the present day. Noted heart surgeon Harris B. Shumacker has scoured the vast literature on heart surgery in many languages and has succeeded in untangling the complex strands of a fascinating story. An active and respected participant in the last half-century of this history, Shumacker brings to his narrative an experts insights and a wealth of first-hand experience." "As a backdrop for what is to come, Shumacker surveys the prehistory of modern heart surgery, but his story begins in earnest in the 1920s and 1930s, when the first attempts were made to operate on the heart and adjacent vessels to correct congenital malformations. He describes the early operations on the great vessels and surface of the heart; intracardiac manipulations upon the beating, functioning, and unsupported heart; and operations carried out within the opened heart." "With the meticulous care of a surgeon, Shumacker retraces the incremental growth in our knowledge of the human heart and its repair with clear discussions of each innovative procedure, both the successes and the failures. He pays special attention to clarifying the individual contributions of the many doctors and researchers throughout the world who have played a role in this still-developing story." "Shumacker concludes with the revolutionary developments of contemporary heart surgery: the heart-lung machine, deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest, cardiac support devices, heart transplants, and the artificial heart. Here is a comprehensive history and an important resource for the medical professional and the medical historian." --Book Jacket.

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A Backward Glance
1
The First SutureClosures of Cardiac Wounds
11
Early Management of Constrictive Pericarditis
18
The Pulmonary Embolus Gives Ground
22
Cardiac Arrest and Ventricular Fibrillation
27
The Early Story of Mitral Stenosis
31
The Ductus Is Divided
41
Coarctation Is Conquered
50
Cardiac Wounds and Foreign Bodies in the Heart
166
The Development of the Pacemaker
182
Tricuspid Stenosis and Atresia
188
Pulmonary and Tricuspid Insufficiency
195
Attempts to Control Mitral Regurgitation
203
Efforts to Correct Aortic Insufficiency
211
Hypothermia
220
Birth of the Current Era
242

Other Extracardiac Anomalies
59
SystemicPulmonary Shunts
66
The First Right Heart Bypass Efforts
76
Anomalies of the Coronary Arteries
86
Difficulties with Right Ventricular Outflow
96
Mitral Stenosis Revisited
107
Aortic Valvular Subvalvular and Supravalvular Stenosis
115
Pericardial Surgery Moves Along
123
Approaches to the Management of Myocardial Ischemia
129
Atrial Septal Defects
143
Tumors of the Heart
150
Ectopia Cordis
155
Cardiac Aneurysms
159
Perfusion without a Mechanical Oxygenator
256
Further Development of HeartLung Machines
266
Induced Cardiac Arrest Coronary Perfusion Deep Hypothermia and Circulatory Arrest
280
Assisting the Heart
293
Valve Replacement and Valve Reconstruction
303
Transplantation of the Heart
316
Ventricular Assist Devices and the Artificial Heart
337
The Authors Summation
365
What Lies Ahead?
368
A Final Word
371
References
372
Index
463
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HARRIS B SHUMACKER, JR., a pioneer in cardiovascular surgery, taught at Johns Hopkins, Yale, and Indiana University. Following his tenure at Indiana, he established one of the country's premier cardiovascular surgical groups at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, where from 1973 through 1979 he served as Chief of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery. The Evolution of Cardiac Surgery is Dr. Shumacker's fifth book.

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