The Evolution of Cardiac Surgery

Harris B. Shumacker

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.

Inhoudsopgave

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Over de auteur

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.

Bibliografische gegevens

• Titel: The Evolution of Cardiac Surgery
• Auteur: Harris B. Shumacker
• Editie: geïllustreerd
• Uitgever: Indiana University Press, 1992
• ISBN: 0253352215, 9780253352217
• Lengte: 476 pagina's