Dawn and Evolution of Cardiac Procedures

1. The Discovery of Blood Circulation
Yves Glock

2. The History of Surgical Research

Marco Picichè

3. The Ignored Birth of Cardiac Surgery: The History of the Surgical Treatment of Heart Wounds and Pericardial Effusions
Vladimir Saplacan, Fabio Cuttone, Massimo Massetti

4. The History of Pulmonary Embolectomy Before the Advent of CPB
Marco Vola, Jean-Francois Fuzellier

5. Right Cardiac Catheterization Before the Advent of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Achille Gaspardone, Giulio G. Stefanini

6. The History of Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Surgery Before the Advent of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Luigi Chiariello, Paolo Nardi, Giovanni Alfonso Chiariello

7. Surgery of the Aortic Valve Before the Era of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Y. Glock

8. The History of Myocardial Revascularization Before the Advent of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Marco Picichè

9. The History of Experimental Heterotopic and Orthotopic Heart Transplantation Before Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Tyson A. Fricke, Igor E. Konstantinov

10. The History of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Before the Introduction of Extracorporeal Circulation
Alessandro Frigiola

11. On the Path to Cardiopulmonary Bypass: From Le Gallois’ Experiments to Brukhonenko’s Machine
Matthew S. Yong, Stephen B. Horton, Igor E. Konstantinov

12. Research on Cardiopulmonary Bypass in North America
Manon Caouette

13. From Research on Hibernation and Hypothermia to Recent Advances in Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Isabelle Plamondon, Edoardo Gasparotto

14. Cardiac Anaesthesia
Fabio Guarracino, Rubia Baldassarri

15. The History of Research on Coronary Angiography and Coronary Angioplasty
Luigi La Vecchia

16. Right Cardiac Catheterization After the Advent of Cpb
Achille Gaspardone, Giuilo G. Stefanini

17. The History of Research on Coronary Stenting
Fabrizio Tomai, Leonardo Luca

18. The History of Percutaneous Valvuloplasty
Alessandro Fontanelli

19. Percutaneous Closure of Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects
Achille Gaspardone, Giulio G. Stefanini

20. Evolution of Homografts and Prosthetic Heart Valves
Marco Picichè

21. The History of Research on Mitral, Tricuspid, and Aortic Valve Repair After the Advent of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Ruggero Paulis, Andrea Salica, Raffaele Scaffa, Luca Weltert

22. History of Research on Myocardial Protection
Victor S. Costache, Cristian Martu, Nicolas Chavanis, Jean Philippe Frieh, Serban Stoica

23. Supra-Diaphragmatic Aortic Surgery: Evolution of Material, Techniques and Brain Protection
François Dagenais

24. Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Gino Gerosa, Carlo Dal Lin, Vincenzo Tarzia

25. Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

Alessio Marinelli, Domenico Corrado

26. The History of Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators
Serge Boveda, Stéphane Garrigue, Philippe Ritter

27. The History of Surgery for Ischemic Heart Disease and Mechanical Complications of Myocardial Infarction After the Advent of CPB
Roland G. Demaria, Mohammed Al Yamani

28. Progress and Milestones in the Treatment of Deep Sternal Wound Infections
Richard Baillot, Daniel Cloutier

29. Engineering for IABP and ECMO
Roberto Lorusso, Attilio Renzulli, Sandro Gelsomino

30. The History of Research on Ventricular Assist Devices and Total Artificial Heart
Luc M. Jacquet

31. The History of Research on Adult and Paediatric Heart Transplantation
Johann U. Brink, Yves d’Udekem

32. The History of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery After the Advent of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Jean E. Rubay

33. Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery
Loris Salvador

34. The History of Research on Percutaneous, Transapical, and Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement
Thierry Aymard, Thierry Carrel

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Anesthesiology, History of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, Biomedical Engineering