Foreword -- Preface -- Part I. Introduction -- 1. General Features of the Cardiovascular System -- Part II. Anatomy -- 2. Attitudinally Correct Cardiac Anatomy -- 3. Cardiac Development -- 4. Anatomy of the Thoracic Wall, Pulmonary Cavities and Mediastinum -- 5. Anatomy of the Human Heart -- 6. Comparative Cardiac Anatomy -- 7. Detailed Anatomical and Functional Features of the Cardiac Valves -- 8. The Coronary Vascular System and Associated Medical Devices -- 9. The Pericardium -- 10. Congenital Cardiac Anatomy and Operative Correction -- 11. Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Pediatric Patients -- Part III. Physiology and Assessment -- 12. Cellular Myocytes -- 13. The Cardiac Conduction System -- 14. Autonomic Nervous System -- 15. Cardiac and Vascular Receptors and Signal Transduction -- 16. Reversible and Irreversible Damage of the Myocardium: Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury and Cardioprotection -- 17. The Effects of Anesthetic Agents on Cardiac Function -- 18. Blood Pressure, Heart Tones, and Diagnoses -- 19. Basic ECG Theory, 12-lead Recordings and their Interpretation -- 20. Mechanical Aspects of Cardiac Performance -- 21. Fueling Normal and Diseased Hearts-Myocardial Bioenergetics -- 22. Introduction to Echocardiography -- 23. Monitoring and Managing the Critically Ill Patient in the Intensive Care Unit -- 24. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging and MRI-conditional Cardiac Devices -- Part IV. Devices and Therapies -- 25. Historical Perspective of Cardiovascular Devices and Techniques associated with the University of Minnesota -- 26. Pharmacotherapy for Cardiac Diseases -- 27. Animal Models for Cardiac Research -- 28. Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias -- 29. Cardiac Ablative Technologies -- 30. Pacing and Defibrillation -- 31. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy -- 32. Cardiac Mapping Technology -- 33. Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Cardioplegia -- 34. Heart Valve Disease -- 35. Less Invasive Cardiac Surgery -- 36. Transcatheter Valve Repair and Replacement -- 37. Cardiac SeptalDefects: Treatment via the Amplatzer® Family of Devices -- 38. Harnessing Cardiopulmonary Interactions to Improve Circulation and Outcomes after Cardiac Arrest and Other States of Low Blood Pressure -- 39. : End-stage Congestive Heart Failure in the Adult Population: Ventricular Assist Devices -- 40. Cell Transplantation for Ischemic Heart Disease -- 41. The Use of Isolated Heart Models and Anatomic Specimens as Means to Enhance the Design and Testing of Cardiac Devices -- 42. Current Status of Development and Regulatory Approval of Cardiac Devices -- 43. Clinical Trial Regulations for Cardiac Devices -- Cardiac Devices and Technologies: Continued Rapid Rates of Development -- Index.