State of the Heart: The Practical Guide to Your Heart and Heart Surgery

by Stephenson, Larry W.

• ISBN13: 9780945903635
• ISBN10: 0945903634
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Write Stuff Enterprises Inc

Summary

Heart and Heart Surgery is the ultimate source of information for heart patients, their families, and everyone concerned with heart health. Chapters include:
-- The Dawn of Open Heart Surgery
-- Signs and Symptoms of Heart Problems
-- Diagnosis
-- Coronary Bypass
-- Transplants, Heart Assist Devices, and the Future
-- Arrhythmias, Pacemakers, and Defibrillators
-- Aneurysms and Other Blood Vessel Problems
-- Recovery After Heart Surgery, Second Bypass Operations

All this valuable information is presented in an easy-to-understand format. Technical terms are bolded and defined within text margins for easy reference and are also included in a comprehensive glossary. A helpful appendix on the drugs available to treat heart patients describes what is likely to be prescribed and the potential effects.

Table of Contents

Foreword	x
C. Everett Koop
Acknowledgements	xii
Contributors	xiv
The Dawn of Open Heart Surgery	16	(16)
The Early Days	17	(1)
The Heart-Lung Machine	18	(2)
The Roller Pump (Dr. Michael DeBakey)	20	(1)
The Dodrill Pump	21	(1)
Cross-Circulation	21	(1)
C. Walton Lillehei's Legacy	22	(2)
John Kirklin's Heart-Lung Machine	24	(4)
Denton Cooley: Inventor and Pioneer Surgeon	28	(2)
Nikolay Amosov: Heart Surgeon and Public Servant in the U.S.S.R.	30	(2)
The Normal Heart	32	(12)
The Right Side of the Heart	33	(1)
The Heart As a Muscle	34	(2)
The Left Side of the Heart	36	(1)
Blood Pressure	36	(1)
The Blood	37	(1)
The Electrical Conduction System	38	(1)
The Cardiac Cycle	38	(1)
The Coronary Arteries	39	(1)
What You Should Know About Your Heart During Pregnancy	40	(4)
Dr. Pamela Gordon
Staying Healthy	44	(14)
Smoking	45	(1)
High Blood Pressure	45	(1)
High Cholesterol	45	(2)
Vitamin E and the Heart	47	(1)
Exercise	48	(1)
Stress	48	(1)
Diabetes	49	(1)
Nutrition for a Healthy Heart	49	(3)
Dr. Morrison Bethea
Wine, Alcohol, and the Heart	52	(5)
Dr. R. Curtis Ellison
Antibiotic Protection for Dental Surgery	57	(1)
Signs and Symptoms of Heart Problems	58	(14)
History and Physical Exam	59	(1)
Chest Pain	59	(1)
Angina Pectoris	60	(1)
Heart Attack	61	(1)
Difficulty Breathing	61	(1)
Coughing Up Blood	62	(1)
Fatigue	62	(1)
Swelling	62	(1)
Pleural Effusion	63	(1)
Fainting	64	(1)
Vasovagal Fainting and Dizziness	64	(1)
Palpitations	65	(1)
Skin Color	66	(1)
Shock	67	(1)
Changes in Vision, Strength & Speech	67	(1)
Leg Pain	67	(1)
Your Visit to the Cardiologist	68	(4)
Dr. John O'Connell
Diagnosing a Problem	72	(12)
Electrocardiogram	73	(1)
Exercise Stress Test	73	(1)
Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring	74	(1)
Echocardiography	74	(1)
Exercise Echocardiogram	75	(1)
The Chest X-Ray	76	(1)
Chest Computed Tomography	76	(1)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)	77	(1)
Nuclear Perfusion Tests	77	(2)
Pyrophosphate Technetium-99m Scanning	79	(1)
MUGA Scan	79	(1)
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)	79	(1)
Doppler Ultrasonography	80	(1)
Blood Tests	80	(1)
Arterial and Venous Oxygen Level	81	(1)
Cholesterol Level	82	(1)
Second Opinions	82	(2)
What Is Cardiac Catheterization?	84	(12)
Experimenting on Himself	85	(1)
Catheters Today	86	(1)
The Coronary Angiogram	87	(1)
Therapeutic Cardiac Catheterization	88	(4)
How to Choose a Cardiac Surgeon	92	(4)
Dr. Julie Swain
Heart Problems of Infants and Children	96	(14)
Diagnosing a Congenital Heart Defect	99	(1)
Ventricular Septal Defect	100	(1)
Patent Ductus Arteriosus	100	(1)
Sir Barratt-Boyes: Opening Heart Surgery Down Under	101	(1)
Atrial Septal Defect	102	(1)
Coarctation of the Aorta	103	(1)
Transposition of the Great Arteries	103	(1)
Tetralogy of Fallot	104	(1)
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis	105	(1)
Congenital Aortic Stenosis	106	(1)
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome	106	(2)
Ectopia Cordis	108	(1)
Thoracopagus Twins	108	(2)
Coronary Artery Disease and Treatment Options	110	(20)
The Coronary Bypass Evolves	112	(2)
First Coronary Artery Bypass	114	(2)
Drs. Dudley Johnson
Michael DeBakey
Coronary Artery Disease Today	116	(1)
Coronary Artery Anatomy	116	(1)
What Causes Coronary Artery Disease?	116	(1)
Symptoms of Coronary Artery Disease	117	(1)
Heart Attack & Heart Failure	117	(1)
Dissolving Blood Clots During Heart Attacks	118	(1)
Dr. James Marsh
Medical Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease	118	(1)
Interventional Therapy	119	(1)
Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization	120	(1)
Coronary Bypass Grafting	121	(1)
Complications of Heart Attacks Requiring Heart Surgery	121	(1)
Left Ventricular Aneurysm	121	(1)
Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect	122	(1)
Mitral Valve Replacement for Papillary Muscle Rupture	123	(1)
Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization	124	(2)
Drs. Lawrence Cohn
Sary Aranki
Women, Race, and Coronary Artery Surgery	126	(4)
Dr. Renee S. Hartz
The Coronary Bypass: Operation and Recovery	130	(18)
The Choice of Conduits for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting	132	(2)
The Heart Operation	134	(2)
Placing the Graft	136	(1)
The Postoperative Intensive Care Unit	137	(1)
Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery	138	(1)
Complications from Coronary Bypass Surgery	139	(1)
Strokes During or After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery	140	(1)
The Postoperative Exercise Stress Test	141	(1)
Common Postoperative Complaints	141	(3)
Strokes, Carotid Artery Disease, and Coronary Bypass Surgery	144	(2)
Dr. Cary Akins
Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Revascularization	146	(2)
Dr. Michael Mack
Heart Valve Problems	148	(30)
Before the Heart-Lung Machine	149	(2)
The Advent of the Heart-Lung Machine	151	(1)
Albert Starr and the Starr-Edwards Valve	152	(2)
Human Valves Used in Other Humans	154	(1)
Donald Ross: The Valve Pioneer	154	(2)
Alain Carpentier	156	(1)
Modern Heart Valve Therapy	156	(2)
Prolapsed Mitral Valve	158	(1)
Aortic Valve Disease	158	(2)
Mitral Valve Disease	160	(1)
Tricuspid Valve Disease	161	(2)
Pulmonary Valve Disease	163	(1)
Heart Valve Surgery Repair Versus Replacement	164	(1)
Heart Valve Replacement	164	(2)
The Heart Valve Operation	166	(2)
Robotic Heart Valve Surgery: Is This Reality or Myth?	168	(4)
Dr. Randolph Chitwood
Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery	172	(2)
Drs. Delos Cosgrove
A. Marc Gillinov
Tissue Engineering of Cardiac Valves and Arteries	174	(2)
Dr. John Mayer
Diet Pills and Heart Valve Problems	176	(2)
Dr. Larry Stephenson
Advanced Heart Failure: Transplants, Heart Assist Devices, and the Future	178	(26)
The History of Heart Transplants	179	(1)
The First Heart Transplant	180	(2)
Dr. Christiaan Barnard
The First Successful Heart-Lung Transplant	182	(1)
Dr. Bruce Reitz
Heart and Lung Transplants	182	(1)
Heart Transplants	183	(2)
Heart Assist and Artificial Hearts	185	(1)
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump	185	(1)
Adrian Kantrowitz: Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump	185	(1)
Artificial Hearts	186	(1)
Artificial Hearts Today	187	(1)
Denton Cooley	187	(1)
The Mechanical Heart	188	(1)
Dr. Willem Kolff
Ventricular Assist Devices	188	(2)
Batista Procedure	190	(1)
Skeletal Muscle Cardiac Assist	191	(1)
Cardiomyoplasty and Aortomyoplasty	192	(3)
Dr. Michael Acker
Building a Heart Pump from Your Back Muscle	195	(1)
Dr. Charles Bridges
State of the Art in Mechanical Heart Assist Devices	196	(2)
Dr. O. Howard Frazier
Cardiac Reconstruction for Heart Failure	198	(1)
Dr. Patrick McCarthy
Gene Therapy	199	(1)
Dr. Todd Rosengart
The Future in Artificial Heart Technology	200	(2)
Dr. Stephen Westaby
Heart Cell Transplantation for the Failing Heart	202	(2)
Drs. Terrence Yau
Ren-Ke Li
Richard Weisel
Donald Mickle
Arrhythmias, Pacemakers, and Defibrillators	204	(16)
Pacemakers	205	(1)
Heart Pacemakers	206	(1)
The First Practical Pacemaker	207	(1)
Earl Bakken
The Single-Chamber Pacemaker	208	(1)
Denton Cooley: Building His Own Defibrillator	209	(1)
Dual-Chamber Pacemakers	210	(1)
Ake Senning and the First Implantable Pacemaker	211	(1)
Pacemakers for Atrial Tachyarrhythmias	212	(1)
Surgery for Pacemakers	212	(2)
Managing Arrhythmias	214	(4)
Drs. Marc Meissner
Randy Lieberman
Surgery for the Irregular Heartbeat	218	(2)
Dr. James Cox
Aneurysms and Other Blood Vessel Problems	220	(14)
The Development of Vascular Surgery	222	(1)
Dacron: Michael DeBakey's Surprise Success	222	(1)
Aortic Aneurysms	223	(2)
Catheter or Stent Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms	225	(1)
Aortic Dissection	226	(1)
Traumatic Aortic Rupture	227	(1)
Atherosclerotic Disease of the Aorta and its Branches	227	(1)
Blood Clots in Veins	228	(1)
Varicose Veins	229	(1)
Stent-Grafts: Avoiding Major Aortic Surgery	230	(3)
Dr. D. Craig Miller
Surgery of the Thoracic Aorta	233	(1)
Dr. Nicholas Kouchoukos
Heart Surgery in the Elderly	234	(8)
Erectile Dysfunction, Viagra, and Heart Disease	237	(5)
Dr. C.B. Dhabuwala
Recovery After Heart Surgery and A Second Bypass Operation... Will You Need It? When?	242	(10)
Transfer from the ICU	243	(1)
Discharge Home	243	(1)
Surgical Wounds	244	(1)
Recovery at Home	244	(4)
Recovery from Coronary Bypass Surgery	248	(1)
Recovery from Heart Valve Surgery	248	(1)
Cardiac Rehabilitation	248	(1)
Formal Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs after Heart Surgery or Heart Attacks	249	(1)
The Second Bypass Operation: Will I Need It? When?	249	(1)
Bypass Grafts Closing	250	(1)
The Second Operation	250	(1)
You Can Help	251	(1)
References for Selected Chapters	252	(6)
Common Drugs for Heart Patients	258	(4)
Glossary	262	(12)
Index	274