1 Preoperative Preparation.- Routine Preparation.- Medication Management.- Patient and Family Preparation.- 2 Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery.- Monitoring.- Myocardial Protection: The Anesthesiologist's Role.- Anesthetic Agents.- Paralyzing Agents.- Vasodilators.- Anesthetic Methods.- 3 Preparation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass.- Skin Preparation and Draping.- Cannulation.- 4 Conduct of Cardiopulmonary Bypass.- Standard Bypass.- Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Neonates and Children.- 5 Myocardial Preservation.- Operative (Mechanical) Coronary Perfusion.- Normothermic Ischemic Arrest.- Ischemia Modified by Topical Hypothermia.- Cold Cardioplegic Arrest.- Warm Blood Cardioplegia.- 6 Postoperative Care.- Routine Monitoring.- Routine Therapy.- Problems.- 7 Low Cardiac Output: Pathophysiology and Treatment.- Determinants of Cardiac Output.- Manipulation of Preload.- Manipulation of Afterload.- Manipulation of Myocardial Contractility.- Indications for Intraaortic Balloon Counterpulsation.- Technique of Intraaortic Balloon Insertion.- 8 Coronary Artery Surgery.- Coronary Artery Anatomy.- Coronary Arteriography.- Noninvasive Methods of Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease.- Indications for Surgery.- Surgical Strategy.- Surgical Technique.- Results.- 9 Left Ventricular Aneurysm.- Resection.- 10 Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect.- Indications for Surgery.- Surgical Strategy.- Surgical Anatomy.- Surgical Technique.- Results.- 11 Mitral Valve Surgery.- With Alain Carpentier Commissurotomy.- Valvuloplasty/Anuloplasty.- Replacement.- 12 Aortic Valve Surgery.- Valvotomy.- Replacement.- Surgical Relief of Other Forms of Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction.- 13 Tricuspid Valve Surgery.- With Alain Carpentier Anuloplasty.- Commissurotomy.- Replacement.- 14 Patent Ductus Arteriosus.-Indications for Surgery.- Surgical Strategy.- Surgical Anatomy.- Surgical Technique.- 15 Coarctation of the Aorta.- Percutaneous Balloon Angioplasty.- Indications for Surgery.- Surgical Strategy.- Surgical Anatomy.- Surgical Technique.- Postoperative Paradoxical Hypertension.- Results.- 16 Systemic-Pulmonary Shunts.- History.- Classic Blalock-Taussig Shunt.- Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt.- Central Shunt.- 17 Pulmonary Valve Stenosis.- Percutaneous Balloon Valvuloplasty.- Pulmonary Valvotomy.- 18 Atrial Septal Defects.- Indications for Surgery.- Sinus Venosus Defect.- Ostium Secundum Defects.- Ostium Primum Defect.- 19 Complete Atrioventricular Canal.- Indications for Surgery.- Surgical Strategy.- Surgical Anatomy.- Surgical Technique.- Results.- 20 Ventricular Septal Defects.- Indications for Surgery.- Choice of Operation.- Surgical Strategy.- Surgical Anatomy.- Surgical Technique.- 21 Tetralogy of Fallot.- Indications for Surgery.- Surgical Strategy.- Surgical Anatomy.- Surgical Technique.- Late Results.- 22 Transposition of the Great Arteries.- Indications for Surgery.- Choice of Operation.- Surgical Strategy.- Arterial Switch Procedure.- Senning Operation.- Mustard Operation.- 23 Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection.- Indications for Surgery.- Surgical Strategy.- Supracardiac Type.- Cardiac Type.- Infracardiac Type.- Results.