Echocardiography in Cardiac surgery -- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging In Cardiac Surgery -- Systemic Inflammatory Response and Cardiopulmonary Bypass -- Basic Setup in Adult Cardiac Surgery -- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft with Cardiopulmonary Bypass -- Off pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting -- Aortic Valve Repair/Replacement -- Surgery for Mitral Valve Disease - Degenerative Repair -- Surgery for Mitral Valve Disease - Degenerative Replacement -- Surgery for Mitral Valve Disease - Ischemic Repair -- Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair/Replacement -- Tricuspid Valve Repair/ Replacement -- Cannulation Strategies for Aortic Root Surgery -- Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Surgery -- Ascending Aortic Dissection Surgery -- Valve-sparing Aortic Root Replacement (Yacoub Remodelling Technique) -- Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Surgery: The Reimplantation Technique -- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft vs Percutaneous Intervention.

This extensively revised second edition provides a practically applicable guide to a range of essential techniques in cardiac surgery. As well as presenting basic surgical principles, emphasis is placed on providing detailed instructions on how to perform each technique. Practically relevant guidance on how to effectively manage potential complications is also featured for standard and complex cardiac surgical procedures (e.g., aortic surgical interventions, David's procedure, tricuspid valve interventions etc.). Essentials of Operative Cardiac Surgery systematically reviews a comprehensive range of diagnostic technologies and surgical interventions in cardiac surgery, thus providing the reader with an in-depth, detailed and step-by-step synopsis of almost all routine, standard and advanced surgical techniques. Therefore, this book provides an indispensable primer for practising as well as trainee cardiac surgeons and serves both as a basic and advanced treatise.