The ischemic mitral valve regurgitation remains a challenge for the cardiac surgical community, representing the most frequently found mechanical complication of the acute myocardial infarction. Th...
The small aortic annulus is a challenge for cardiac surgeons. In this book we are reporting some studies which had as objective the hemodynamic evaluation of the small aortic mechanical and biologi...
In the past two decades the arterial switch operation (ASO)has become the preferred surgical procedure for transposition of the great arteries (TGA). After the first successful ASO in 1975 by Jaten...