Description

This book of “ Cardiac Surgery” contains some path-breaking studies in the area of cardiothoracic surgery. It unravels the recent advances and modern techniques of cardiothoracic surgery. For all readers who are interested in this domain, the case studies included in this book will serve as an excellent guide to develop a comprehensive understanding. The field of medicine targeted at the surgical treatment of the organs within the thorax and the treatment of heart and lung diseases is known as cardiothoracic surgery. Some of the surgical procedures involving cardiac and thoracic surgery are open heart surgery, modern beating-heart surgery, pleurectomy, lung volume reduction surgery, lobectomy, pneumonectomy, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy, etc. Cardiovascular surgery when performed on children is known as pediatric cardiovascular surgery. Infection constitutes the principal non-cardiac complication from cardiothoracic surgery. Some common infections are mediastinitis, endocarditis cardiac device infection, empyema, infectious myo- or pericarditis, etc. Cardiac surgery is the specialty of medicine concerning the surgical treatment of pathologies related to the heart and thoracic aorta. This development is still ongoing today. Cardiac Surgery: Recent Advances and Techniques is an excellent summary of all of the latest techniques and results of minimally invasive cardiac surgery, endovascular aortic surgery and new therapies for heart failure, including stem cell therapy, left ventricular remodelling and the indications for the rapidly increasing usage of mechanical circulatory support