This comprehensive compilation of congenital heart surgical procedures highlights key steps and offers tips and cautionary comments. It includes surgical techniques, invented in Japan, that use only autologous tissue or nonhomograft material.

Cardiac surgery is one of the supreme arts in medicine, and pediatric cardiac surgery is even more so. Both have steadily been refined over the last half-century in Japan, where surgical innovations and significant improvements in technique have enabled doctors to save the lives of many neonates. Inspired by research into neonatal hemodynamics, an association of peers called genkai helped initiatethe moderate hypothermic high-flow cardiopulmonary bypass in Japan was initiated, with notable success. This book, written by leaders in cardiac surgery, presents a comprehensive compilation of surgical procedures, offering tips and cautionary comments as well as highlighting key steps to be taken. Also included are surgical techniques, invented in Japan, that use only autologous tissue or nonhomograft material. These kinds of modifications will be useful resources for surgeons in parts of the world where homografts are not available. Filled with illustrations drawn from the surgeon's pointof view, it the book will be useful not only to surgeons and students but also to paramedical personnel. Besides, many surgical techniques that use only autologous tissue or nonhomograft material were invented in Japan. These kind of modifications will become useful resources to surgeons in some part of world where the homograft is not available. It is the authors' aim to contribute to the advancement of this specialized field and ultimately to improve the quality of life of small children.

From the reviews: This English translation of a Japanese book is a highly illustrated manual of surgical techniques, old and new, with a considerable emphasis on techniques used at the Fukuoka Children's Hospital. As a well-done picture book, this is a delight to almost all. its real value is for those who are working or studying in the field of cardiac surgery. It also has value for students and residents as a general reference to make clear the more complex reconstructions. (Robert M. Arensman, Doody's Review Service, January, 2010)

Inhalt
General Considerations.- Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Myocardial Protection.- Postoperative Management for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.- Specific Defects and Procedure.- Patent Ductus Arteriosus.- Aortopulmonary Window.- Coarctation of the Aorta: Subclavian Flap Aortoplasty and Direct Anastomosis (Extended Aortic Arch Anastomosis).- Interrupted Aortic Arch.- Vascular Ring.- Aortic Stenosis: Ross Procedure, Konno Procedure, Nicks Procedure, Yamaguchi Procedure, and RossKonno Procedure.- Aortic RegurgitationTrusler Procedure.- Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis: Doty Procedure (Two-Sinus Reconstruction), Brom Procedure and Myers Procedure (Three-Sinus Reconstruction).- Subaortic Stenosis: Subaortic Resection, Modified Konno Procedure, Yasui Procedure, Modified Yasui Procedure.- Pulmonary Stenosis.- Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum.- Atrial Septal Defect.- Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return.- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return.- Cor Triatriatum.- Atrioventricular Septal Defect: Partial, Intermediate, and Complete Type.- Ventricular Septal Defect.- Ruptured Aneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva.- Mitral Stenosis.- Mitral Regurgitation: Artificial Chordae and Annuloplasty.- Tricuspid Regurgitation.- Ebstein's Anomaly: Carpentier Procedure and Danielson Procedure.- Truncus Arteriosus: Rastelli Procedure, Lecompte Maneuver, BarberoMarcial Procedure, and Mee Procedure.- Anomalous Origin of the Right Pulmonary Artery from the Ascending Aorta.- Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect and Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries (MAPCAs).- Tetralogy of Fallot.- Transposition of the Great Arteries: Senning Procedure.- Transposition of the Great Arteries: Mustard Procedure.- Transposition of the Great Arteries: Arterial Switch Operation.- Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great ArteriesDe Leval Procedure, Transaortic Closure of VSD, Transtricuspid Closure of VSD, Double-Switch Operation [Mustard or Senning Procedure + Arterial Switch Operation with Closure of VSD or Rastelli Procedure (REV Procedure)].- Double-Outlet Right VentricleKawashima Procedure, Patric-McGoon Procedure, Arterial Switch Operation + Intraventricular Re-routing, Primary Repair for False Taussig-Bing Malformation with Type B IAA.- Tricuspid Atresia: Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Anastomosis (Bidirectional Glenn Procedure).- Single Ventricle: Total Cavopulmonary Connection (TCPC).- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Norwood Procedure.- Coronary Fistula.- Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery.- Systemic to Pulmonary Artery Shunt, Pulmonary Artery Banding, and Blalock-Hanlon Procedure.- Minimum Access Cardiac Surgery.- Pediatric Cardiac Transplantation.