Hybrid and minimally invasive cardiac interventions

This book deals with the hybrid approach in atrial fibrillation and interventional valve approaches.
The hybrid approach in atrial fibrillation treatment requires a cooperation between cardiologists and surgeons as previously required in the treatment of the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and in the early days of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator implants. The catheter valve implantation development is more than a revolutionary way to replace the aortic valve. Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) did not persevere as it was once proclaimed. In its slipstream, however, numerous tools and techniques that definitively enriched the equipment and possibilities of the modern cardiac surgeon have become available. Similarly, the catheter valve procedure brought about the generally appreciated awareness that this is just the beginning of a whole new era. It opens up the beating cardiac chambers as a new working field, giving access to tools and procedures that up till now need cardiac arrest and direct vision in the absence of blood.
The focus of the book is on the intriguing potential of crossing borders between interventional cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and electrophysiologists.
Contents
Should early therapy be our therapeutic strategy in atrial fibrillation?
A hybrid approach for treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation with radiofrequency catheters
Catheter design and success of ablation
Remote magnetic navigation in clinical electrophysiology
Hybrid approach for treatment of persistent or long duration paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: medium and long-term follow-up
AFIB ablation - the combined approach
Preliminary results of the tailored hybrid approach
State-of-the-art in mechanical circulatory support and total artificial heart
Cardiac remodelling and reverse remodelling: clinical aspects and potential mechanisms
Mitral valve repair in heart failure
Percutaneous mitral repair using edge-to-edge clip technique
Transapical neochordae implant
Clinical results in catheter valve implantation
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: what lies ahead?
Access to the mitral valve on the closed beating heart under augmented virtual reality image-guidance
Minimized extracorporeal cardiopulmonary (body) support
Surgical management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Anastomotic stapling devices
Hybrid therapy: the intentional combination of robotically enhanced minimally invasive direct coronary artery by-pass and percutaneous coronary intervention