Now in its Fourth Edition, this text is a practical, heavily illustrated guide to procedures in cardiac surgery. Chapters cover acquired and congenital diseases and include surgical anatomy, surgical exposures, and step-by-step procedural details. The authors indicate pitfalls with a hazard sign and flag points of special interest with "NB" (Nota Bene). This edition has contributions from Abbas Ardehali, MD, FACS, the director of the UCLA heart, heart-lung, and lung transplant program. Highlights include a new chapter on heart transplantation. Also included are updates in minimally invasive surgery and vascular and endovascular surgery.

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Surgical Approaches to the Heart and Great Vessels
Preparation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Myocardial Preservation
Venting and Deairing of the Heart

SURGERY FOR ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE
Surgery of the Aortic Valve
Surgery of the Mitral Valve
Surgery of the Tricuspid Valve
Surgery of the Aorta
Surgery for Coronary Disease
Surgery for Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction
Heart Transplantation
Cardiac Tumors
Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Coarctation of the Aorta
Pulmonary Artery Banding
Vascular Ring and Pulmonary Artery Sling
Systemic Pulmonary Shunting
Atrial Septal Defect
Total Anomalous Venous Connection
Ventricular Septal Defect
Atrioventricular Septal Defect
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
Transposition of the Great Vessels
Aortopulmonary Window
Truncus Arteriosus
Ebstein's Anomaly
Interrupted and Hypoplastic Aortic Arch
The Norwood Principle
The Fontan Principle
Coronary Artery Anomalies