Contributors | p. xiii |
Introduction | |
The Changing Population: The Surgeon's Challenge | p. 3 |
Fundamentals | |
Fundamentals of the Past: Cardioplegia: The First Period Revisited | p. 15 |
Sites of Injury: Myocyte | p. 41 |
Sites of Injury: The Endothelium | p. 57 |
Special Focus | |
Intraoperative Protection of the Myocardium: Effects of Age and Gender | p. 73 |
Protection of the Right Heart | p. 93 |
Protection of the Failing Heart | p. 109 |
Protection During Heart Transplantation | p. 131 |
New Approaches and Technologies | |
The Endothelium As Target for Interventions | p. 145 |
Vascular Effects of Cardioplegic Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Bypass | p. 167 |
Oxygen Radical Scavengers | p. 179 |
New Approaches to Cardioplegia: Alternatives to Hyperkalemia | p. 199 |
Myocardial Protection Via the Coronary Venous Route | p. 221 |
Donot Heart Preservation by Continuous Perfusion | p. 249 |
Visualization of Cardioplegia Delivery | p. 269 |
Author Index | p. 283 |
Subject Index | p. 285 |
About the Editors | p. 287 |
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