BookMarco Picichè, editor ; foreword by Alain Carpentier.
Contents:
Part 1. Research on Cardiac Surgery and Right Cardiac Catheterization before the Advent of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
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 and Massimo Massetti
4. The History of Pulmonary Embolectomy Before the Advent of CPB / Marco Vola and Jean-Francois Fuzellier
5. Right Cardiac Catheterization Before the Advent of Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Achille Gaspardone and Giulio G. Stefanini
6. The History of Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Surgery Before the Advent of Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Luigi Chiariello, Paolo Nardi and 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 and Igor E. Konstantinov
10. The History of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Before the Introduction of Extracorporeal Circulation / Alessandro Frigiola
Part 2. Research on the Cardiopulmonary Bypass Machine
11. On the Path to Cardiopulmonary Bypass: From Le Gallois' Experiments to Brukhonenko's Machine / Matthew S. Yong, Stephen B. Horton and 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 and Edoardo Gasparotto
14. Cardiac Anaesthesia / Fabio Guarracino and Rubia Baldassarri
Part 3. Research on Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery after the Advent of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
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 and Giuilo G. Stefanini
17. The History of Research on Coronary Stenting / Fabrizio Tomai and Leonardo De Luca
18. The History of Percutaneous Valvuloplasty / Alessandro Fontanelli
19. Percutaneous Closure of Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects / Achille Gaspardone and 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 De Paulis, Andrea Salica, Raffaele Scaffa and Luca Weltert
22. History of Research on Myocardial Protection / Victor S. Costache, Cristian Martu, Nicolas Chavanis, Jean Philippe Frieh and 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 and Vincenzo Tarzia
25. Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation / Alessio Marinelli and Domenico Corrado
26. The History of Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators / Serge Boveda, Stéphane Garrigue and 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 and Mohammed Al Yamani
28. Progress and Milestones in the Treatment of Deep Sternal Wound Infections / Richard Baillot and Daniel Cloutier
29. Engineering for IABP and ECMO / Roberto Lorusso, Attilio Renzulli and 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 and 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 and Thierry Carrel.
35. Erratum to: The History of Research on Percutaneous, Transapical, and Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement / Thierry Aymard and Thierry Carrel.