James C. Fang, MD, and Gregory S. Couper, MD, have assembled a panel of prominent surgeons and cardiologists to review the latest clinical, scientific, and investigational surgical and mechanical approaches to heart failure in hopes of improving the lives of this challenging group of patients. Topics range from such traditional strategies as high-risk surgical revascularization in advanced coronary artery disease, to more novel approaches such as ventricular reconstruction and mechanical assist devices. Many chapters are contributed by the original pioneers of specific surgical techniques, which provide s invaluable perspective from personal experience.

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Recent Advances in Cardiac Allotransplantation.- Surgical Revascularization in the Management of Heart Failure and Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction.- Aortic Valve Surgery With Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction.- Mitral Valve Surgery With Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction.- Tricuspid Valve Surgery in Right Heart Failure.- Pacing in Heart Failure.- Left Ventricular Assist Devices.- Left Ventricular Volume Reduction Surgery for Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy.- Surgical Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.- Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty and New Prosthetic LV Girdling Devices.- Xenotransplantation.- Left Ventricular Reconstruction for Ischemic Heart Failure.- The Total Artificial Heart in the Surgical Management of Congestive Heart Failure.