The Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual is a companion to Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery . Together with the Seminars, the Annual provides complete coverage of the specialty by focusing on important developments in pediatric cardiac surgery. Each annual volume has an expert guest editor who invites prominent surgeons to review the areas of greatest change in pediatric cardiac surgery during the year. Topics include 1) Complete Atrioventricular Canal; 2) New Concepts of Cardiac Anatomy and Function -- The Helical Heart; 3) Valve Reconstruction (Replacement) in Congenital Heart Disease; 4) Evolving Developments in Congenital Heart Surgery.

2008 Topics:

Expanding the Scope of Congenital Heart Surgery - A Global Imperative
• Congenital Heart Surgery in Developing Countries
• Birth of a New Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Programin Mexico City: The Kardias Experience
Techniques in Pediatric/Congenital Heart Surgery
• Management of Complex Aortic Problems in Children
• Technique of Singel-Stage Repair of coarctation of the Aorta with Ventricular Septal Defect
• Reconstructive Methods for Anomalous Systemic Venous Return: Surgical
Management of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava
• Intracardiac Repair of Double Outlet Right Ventricle
• Maze Procedure in Single Ventricle Patients
Controversies in Pediatric/Congenital Heart Surgery
• Perioperative Neuroprotective Strategies
• Routine Continuous Perfusion for Aortic Arch Reconstruction in the Neonate
• Principles of Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion during Arch Reconstruction in Newborns/Infants
• The Fate of the Retrained Left Ventricle After Double Switch Procedure for Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
Pediatric Thoracic Transplantation
• Pediatric Lung Transplantation: A Therapy in Its Adolescence
• Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Pediatric Cardiac Transplantation
The Future of Congenital Heart Surgery
• The American Board of Thoracic Surgery's Perspective on the Future of
Congenital Heart Surgery Education
• Prospectives on "Success" in Congenital Heart Surgery