MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE. VOLUME 2: SURGICAL

• New updated review of all medical options for managing patients with heart failure
• Provides the full spectrum of surgical options in heart failure from transplant to the more noninvasive procedures in the interventional radiology department
• The definitive guide to the surgical management of heart failure

Management of Heart Failure: Surgical will provide the full spectrum of surgical options, ICU management and rehabilitation, while also referencing heavily the companion volume of Management of Heart Failure: Medical by introducing the medical options in heart failure . The contributing authors are all key opinion leaders in the medical management of heart failure. This volume is designed to integrate with its sister medical title, but also alone be the definitive guide to the surgical management of heart failure.

Author
Jai Raman, MD, FRACS, PhD, is director of the Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery and surgical director, Advanced Heart Failure, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. He is a professor in the Department of Surgery. An internationally recognized leader in cardiac surgery, Raman has pioneered numerous new surgical procedures, focusing primarily on heart transplantation and the treatment of heart failure. These innovations include techniques to stop the heart from enlarging in heart failure patients; a method of restoring the shape and size of scarred heart chambers; the development of new surgical instruments for the minimally invasive removal of tissue that causes abnormal heart rhythm; and new techniques for repairing the heart's mitral and tricuspid valves. He has the largest experience in the Chicago region with minimally invasive cardiac surgery, including aortic surgery, coronary artery bypass grafting, and procedures to treat arrhythmias and valve problems.

Table of contents (18 chapters)
1. Surgical Perspectives
2. Pathophysiology: Clinical Spectrum and Current Management
3. Strategies in Surgical Management
4. Transplantation for End-Stage Heart Disease
5. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the Treatment of Heart Failure
6. Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support: Bridge to Recovery or to Decision
7. Left Ventricular Reconstruction in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
8. Ventricular Containment, Shape Change, Infarct Restraint
9. Mitral Valve Repair
10. Aortic Valve Surgery in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
11. Left Ventricular Assist Devices for Long-Term Circulatory Support
12. The Economics of Ventricular Assist Devices
13. Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: Medical Management and Catheter Ablation
14. Surgical Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation
15. Other Techniques in Special Circumstances: Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy in Right Heart Failure
16. Right Heart Failure in Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery
17. Anesthetic Management and Hemodynamic Management
18. Peri-operative Care, ICU Care and Fluid Management