Core Concepts in Cardiac Surgery

Prof David Taggart has been a consultant cardiac surgeon in Oxford since 1995 and a Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Oxford since 2003.His clinical and academic interests are in all aspects of the surgical management of coronary artery disease and especially the use of arterial grafts and 'off-pump' surgery (avoiding the use of a 'bypass' machine).He has published over 120 peer-reviewed research articles and is internationally recognised for his work in this field. He is the immediate Past-President of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery and currently sits on several European Task Forces guiding the optimal management of coronary artery disease.Mr. Abu-Omar undertook his training in cardiothoracic surgery at Papworth, Oxford and London. Prior to that, he spent 3 years completing a research project investigating cerebral injury following cardiac surgery, and obtaining a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) at the University of Oxford.Mr. Abu-Omar performs the full range of adult cardiac operations. His areas of interest include minimally invasive surgery, mitral valve surgery, coronary revascularization and surgery for atrial fibrillation. He is also a member of the transplant team at Papworth.His research interests include investigating the efficacy of surgery for atrial fibrillation, the investigation of end-organ injury following cardiac surgery and beating-heart surgery.He has published widely and is currently the co-editor of two forthcoming textbooks. He also has a major interest in education and training.

• 1: David Glineur: CABG conduits and graft configuration 2: Michael E. Halkos, Emmanuel Moss, and John D. Puskas: Off-Pump Versus On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting 3: Stephanie Mick, Suresh Keshavamurthy, and Johannes Bonatti: Current Status: Minimally invasive, robotic and hybrid coronary artery bypass surgery 4: Munir Boodhwani and Gebrine El Khoury: Aortic Valve Repair 5: Jörg Kempfert and Thomas Walther: Aortic valve: Conventional valve replacement and transcatheter valve implantation 6: Ourania Preventza and Joseph Coselli: Open and Endovascular Treatment Options in Thoracic Aortic Surgery 7: A. Marc Gillinov and Tomislav Mihaljevic: Mitral Valve Repair 8: Evelio Rodriguez and W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr: Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair 9: Stephen Westaby: Surgical Therapy for Heart Failure 10: Jason O. Robertson, Lindsey L. Saint, and Ralph J. Damiano, Jr: Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation 11: William E. Stansfield and Craig H. Selzman: Mechanical Circulatory Support 12: Ayyaz Ali and Robert L. Kormos: Heart Transplantation 13: Varun Puri and G Alexander Patterson: Current Status of Lung Transplantation

This text will be of greatest value to cardiac surgery residents and to surgeons in their early stages of practice.