Cardiac Surgery Minimum for Cardiologists

The publication was prepared by a team of authors - practicing cardiac surgeons from the S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, the I. P. Pavlov St. Petersburg Medical University, the St. Petersburg Pediatric Medical Academy, and the V. I. Shumakov Research Institute of Transplantology - under the editorial guidance of N. N. Shikhverdiyev and G. G. Khubulava. Nazim Shikhverdiyev - cardiac surgeon, professor, Doctor of Medical Sciences, honored doctor of the Russian Federation, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation. Gennady Khubulava - cardiac surgeon, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, honored doctor of the Russian Federation, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation. The book outlines the historical stages of cardiac surgery development and examines the main possibilities of modern cardiac surgery. It addresses the natural course of heart diseases, practical approaches to determining indications for surgical treatment of heart defects, modern opportunities for surgical treatment of heart failure, ischemic heart disease, and describes the main endovascular methods of diagnosing and treating heart diseases. Separate chapters are devoted to modern approaches to treating heart rhythm disorders and arrhythmogenic heart failure, practical aspects of heart transplantation, and the principles of organizing and providing emergency cardiac surgical care. For practicing doctors - cardiologists, therapists, pediatricians, anesthesiologists, residents, and senior students of medical universities.