Table of Contents

Preface ix About the CompanionWebsite xi Section I General Principles 1 1 Cardiopulmonary Function 3 E. Christopher Orton 2 Cardiopulmonary Monitoring and Supportive Care 15 E. Christopher Orton 3 Instrumentation 25 E. Christopher Orton Section II Thoracic Approaches 31 4 Thoracotomy 33 E. Christopher Orton 5 Sternotomy 39 E. Christopher Orton 6 Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery 43 Eric Monnet and E. Christopher Orton Section III ThoracicWall and Pleural Space 57 7 Thoracostomy and Pleural Drainage 59 Eric Monnet 8 ThoracicWall 65 Eric Monnet 9 Pleural Effusions 77 Eric Monnet 10 Pneumothorax 89 Eric Monnet Section IV General Thoracic Surgery 95 11 Thymoma and MediastinalMasses 97 Eric Monnet 12 Esophagus 101 E. Christopher Orton 13 Vascular Ring Anomalies 111 Eric Monnet 14 Trachea 119 Eric Monnet 15 Lung 129 Eric Monnet 16 Diaphragm 139 E. Christopher Orton SectionV Cardiac Surgery 147 17 Pericardium 149 Eric Monnet and E. Christopher Orton 18 Strategies for Cardiac Surgery 159 E. Christopher Orton 19 Patent Ductus Arteriosus 177 E. Christopher Orton 20 Pulmonary and Aortic Valves 183 E. Christopher Orton 21 Tricuspid andMitral Valves 197 E. Christopher Orton 22 Congenital Septal Defects 211 E. Christopher Orton 23 Cor Triatriatum and Double-Chambered Right Ventricle 225 E. Christopher Orton 24 Cardiac Neoplasia 231 E. Christopher Orton 25 Epicardial Pacemaker Implantation 237 Eric Monnet Index 245

About the Author

The authors E. Christopher Orton, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVS, is a Professor of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Eric Monnet, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVS, Diplomate ECVS, is a Professor of Small Animal Surgery at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.