(eBook) Cardiovascular Surgery – A Clinical Casebook by Rui Manuel Almeida

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Table of Contents

Section 1. Aorta Disease

1. Aortic Dissection Associated with Ischemic Stroke

2. Bentall-De Bono technique in the ascending aorta aneurysm, aortic stenosis and coronary reimplantation

3. Correction of Interrupted Aortic Arch in an Adult: Ascending-to-Descending Aorta Bypass

4. Giant Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm

5. Retroesophageal Right Aortic Arch associated with an Aortic Aneurysm and a Ventricular Septal Defect

6. Aortic Aneurysm

7. Hybrid strategy on aortic arch disease

Section 2. Arrhythmias

8. Mitral valve disease and atrial fibrillation

9. Late arrhythmia after Fontan repair

10. Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation due to repeated episodes of severe hypoglycemia in Patient with Diabetes Mellitus type I

Section 3. Cardiac Tumors

11. Cardiac Leiomyosarcoma

Section 4. Coronary Insufficiency

12. Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Mitral Insufficiency

13. Diagnosis and Management of Takotsubo Syndrome (Broken Heart Syndrome)

14. Kawasaki Disease with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

15. Stable Angina and Revascularization in Type 1 Diabetic Patient

16. Unusual Mechanism of Myocardial Infarction in Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

Section 5. Congenital Heart Disease

17. Atrioventricular Septal Defect with Pulmonary Hypertension After the First Year of Life

18. Surgical Treatment of Atrial Septal Defect by Occluder Device

19. Percutaneous Occlusion of a Patent Foramen Ovale

20. Transposition of Great Arteries with Pulmonary Valve Stenosis after Jatene Procedure

Section 6. Endovascular Therapies

21. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) and Angioplasty in a High-Risk Patient

22. Aortic coarctatio

23. Endovascular treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm

Section 7. Heart Failure

24. Acute Heart Failure Without Prior History of Myocardial Dysfunction

Section 8. Heart Transplantation

25. Cardiac transplantation in situs inversus totalis: a surgical challenge

Section 9. Mechanical Circulatory Support

26. Mechanical circulatory support in patient with pulmonary dysfunction

27. Pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) as successful bridge to heart transplantation

28. Use of Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VA-ECMO) in an Adult Patient with Septic and Cardiogenic Shock

29. Circulatory Assistance in a Patient with Respiratory Failure

Section 10. Pericardial Disease

30. Constrictive pericarditis: A late complication of tuberculosis

31. Hodgkin’s disease and pericardial effusion

32. Pericardiocentesis: a lifesaving procedure

Section 11. Pulmonary Embolism

33. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH): a surgically curable cause of pulmonary hypertension

34. Intracardiac embolization of inferior vena cava filter

Section 12. Valvular Heart Disease

35. Acute mitral valve insufficiency due to Multiple Trauma Accident

36. Endocarditis: the precipitation of a mitral insufficiency

37. Valvular commitment in Hunter Syndrome

38. Rheumatic Mitral Valve Stenosis: a surgical case

39. Sutureless Aortic Prosthesis Implantation: the First Brazilian Experience with Perceval device

40. Thrombosis of a Mechanical Mitral Valve Prosthesis