Cardiac Anatomy: Nomenclature and Abbreviations -- Position and Observation of the Heart and Surgical Approaches -- The Right Atrium -- The Right Ventricle -- The Coronary Artery -- The Conduction System of the Heart -- The Left Atrium -- The Left Ventricle -- The Cardiac Skeleton and the Aortic Root -- General Considerations of Cardiac Embryology -- Atrial Septal Defect and Cor Triatriatum -- Atrioventricular Septal Defect -- Ventricular Septal Defect -- Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage -- Aortic Arch Coarctation and Interrupted Aortic Arch -- Congenital Anomalies of the Tricuspid Valve -- Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction -- Mitral Atresia and Hypoplastic Left Ventricle -- Single Ventricle -- Persistent Truncus Arteriosus -- Aortopulmonary Window -- Aneurism of the Sinus of Valsalva -- Tetralogy of Fallot -- Double Outlet Right Ventricle -- Complete Transposition of the Great Arteries -- Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries -- Pulmonary Atresia -- Double-outlet of Left Ventricle.