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Cardiac Surgery: Safeguards and Pitfalls in Operative Technique 4th Edition
Author(s): Siavosh Khonsari (Author), M.D. Sintek, Colleen F. (Author), M.D. Ardehali, Abbas (Author), M.D. Beygui, Ramin E. (Contributor), M.D. Yun, Kwok L. (Contributor)
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Publication Date: December 15, 2007
- Edition: 4th
- Language: English
- Print length: 363 pages
- ISBN-10: 0781769507
- ISBN-13: 9780781769501
Book Description
Now in its Fourth Edition, this text is a practical, heavily illustrated guide to procedures in cardiac surgery. Chapters cover acquired and congenital diseases and include surgical anatomy, surgical exposures, and step-by-step procedural details. The authors indicate pitfalls with a hazard sign and flag points of special interest with “NB” (Nota Bene) .
This edition has contributions from Abbas Ardehali, MD, FACS, the director of the UCLA heart, heart-lung, and lung transplant program. Highlights include a new chapter on heart transplantation. Also included are updates in minimally invasive surgery and vascular and endovascular surgery.
