Coronary Heart Surgery

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. Controversial Points in Selection of Patients for Surgery

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Changing Medical and Surgical Therapy in Coronary Artery Disease — Need for Prospective Studies

      • Th. Killip

      Pages 2-9

   3. A Critical Review of the Veterans Administrative Cooperative Study

      • H. Loeb

      Pages 10-12

   4. The Effect of Coronary Bypass on Longevity — a Nonrandomized Study

      • L. H. Cohn, J. J. Collins

      Pages 13-17

   5. The Effects of Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery on Life Expectancy — a Nonrandomized Study

      • R. J. Flemma

      Pages 18-25

   6. Does Coronary Bypass Surgery Prolong Life Expectancy?

      • R. J. Hall, D. A. Cooley, E. Garcia, V. S. Mathur, C. M. de Castro Jr.

      Pages 26-31

   7. Are There Indications for Surgery in Asymptomatic Patients?

      • A. Selzer

      Pages 32-35

   8. Factors to Prolong Survival in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

      • R. B. Karp, N. T. Kouchoukos, J. W. Kirklin

      Pages 36-46

   9. Preinfarction Angina due to LAD Stenosis — a Surgical Follow-up

      • F. Cherrier, C. Pesch, J. L. Neimann, G. Braganti, D. Souris

      Pages 47-52

   10. Aortocoronary Bypass Surgery in Patients with Organic Coronary Atherosclerosis Combined with Spasm

       • A. L’Abbate, A. Maseri

       Pages 53-60

   11. Indications and Results of Emergency Coronary Revascularization

       • A. Deloche, Ph. Menasche, A. Carpentier, J. N. Fabiani, A. Piwnica, J. Relland et al.

       Pages 61-67

3. Controversial Points in Surgical Tactics and Techniques

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Complete Revascularization, Including Moderate Stenosis?

      • H. A. Huysmans, F. E. E. Vermeulen, A. V. G. Bruschke

      Pages 70-72

   3. Is Revascularization Limited to Good Quality and High Caliber Vessels?

      • M. Schmuziger, H. Roskamm, P. Stürzenhofecker, Ch. Hahn, M. Stolte

      Pages 73-79

   4. Diffuse Coronary Artery Disease; Is it a Contraindication for Surgery?

      • W. D. Johnson

      Pages 80-83

   5. Revascularization of Partially Infarcted Areas — Pathologist’s Point of View

      • M. Stolte, H. Selz, U. Fiegl, H. Müller

      Pages 84-97

   6. Revascularization of Partially Infarcted Myocardium

      • O. Pachinger, P. Probst, F. Kaindl

      Pages 98-107

   7. Indications for Distal Coronary Artery Endarterectomy and Proximal Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts

      • H. C. Urschel, M. A. Razzuk

      Pages 108-111

   8. Patency Rate and Functional Results of Left Anterior Descending Bypass Surgery by Internal Mammary Artery

      • P. Mathieu, C. Giorgi, J. Helmer, Ch. Goepfert

      Pages 112-119

On the occasion of the inauguration of the Department of Heart Surgery at the Rehabilitation Center in Bad Krozingen, we held under the aus­ pices of the European Society of Cardiology an International Symposium on March 17 to 18, 1978 with the topic: . "Coronary Heart Surgery - a Rehabilitation Measure" This book contains the papers given at that time. The editors of this book, together with the other members of the sci­ entific committee - H. Denolin from Brussels, Ch. Hahn from Geneva, and F. Loogen from DUsseldorf - aimed at selecting controversial top­ ics as well as speakers representing different viewpoints. Thus avoid­ ing portrayal of an image of a world of coronary bypass surgery in which all problems have found a solution. In keeping with the topic of the meeting, special emphasis was drawn to the long-term functional results of aortocoronary bypass surgery; symptomatic imprQvement be­ ing, in most patients, significant enough and lasting for at least some years, thus allowing the patients to return to work. However, a combination of social, economic, and psychological factors may hamper optimal rehabilitation, as can be seen from some of the following papers. The incorporation of heart surgery into a rehabilitation center - being the motif of this symposium - may hopefully stimulate a global approach to cardiac rehabilitation which includes surgical, medical, psychological, vocational, and social rehabilitation mea­ sures. Bad Krozingen, January 1979 H. Roskamm M. Schmuziger Table of Contents 1.

• Koronarerkrankung
• aneurysm
• aneurysmectomy
• aortocoronary bypass
• bypass
• cardiology
• heart
• myocardial protection
• rehabilitation
• surgery

• Benidiktz Kreutz, Rehabilitationszentrum, Federal Republic of Germany

  Helmut Roskamm, Martin Schmuziger

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