CARDIAC SURGERY + EXPERT CONSULT - ONLINE AND PRINT

?Chapter 1: Anatomy, Dimensions, and Terminology
? Chapter 2: Hypothermia, Circulatory Arrest, and Cardiopulmonary Bypass
? Chapter 3: Myocardial Management During Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass
? Chapter 4: Anesthesia for Cardiovascular Surgery
? Chapter 5: Postoperative Care
? Chapter 6: Generating Knowledge from Information, Data, and Analyses
? Chapter 7: Stenotic Arteriosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease
? Chapter 8: Left Ventricular Aneurysm
?Chapter 9: Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect
? Chapter 10: Mitral Regurgitation from Ischemic Heart Disease
? Chapter 11: Mitral Valve Disease With or Without Tricuspid Valve Disease
? Chapter 12: Aortic Valve Disease
? Chapter 13: Combined Aortic and Mitral Valve Disease With or Without Tricuspid Valve Disease
? Chapter 14: Tricuspid Valve Disease
? Chapter 15: Infective Endocarditis
? Chapter 16: Cardiac Rhythm Disturbance
? Chapter 17: Cardiac Trauma
? Chapter 18: Cardiac Tumor
? Chapter 19: Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
? Chapter 20: Cardiomyopathy
? Chapter 21: Cardiac Transplantation
? Chapter 22: Mechanical Circulatory Support
? Chapter 23: Pericardial Disease
? Chapter 24: Acute Traumatic Aortic Disruption
? Chapter 25: Acute Aortic Dissection
? Chapter 26: Chronic Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Disease
? Chapter 27: Diseases of the Pulmonary Arteries
? Chapter 28: Acquired Diseases of the Systemic Veins
? Chapter 29: Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult
? Chapter 30: Atrial Septal Defect and Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
? Chapter 31: TotalAnomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
? Chapter 32: Cor Triatriatum
? Chapter 33: Unroofed Coronary Sinus Syndrome
? Chapter 34: Atrioventricular Septal Defect
? Chapter 35: Ventricular Septal Defect
? Chapter 36: Congenital Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm and Aortico-Left Ventricular Tunnel
? Chapter 37: Patent Ductus Arteriosus
? Chapter 38: Ventricular Septal Defect with Pulmonary Stenosis or Atresia
? Chapter 39: Pulmonary Stenosis and Intact Ventricular Septum
? Chapter 40: Pulmonary Atresia and Intact Ventricular Septum
? Chapter 41: Tricuspid Atresia and Management of Single-Ventricle Physiology
? Chapter 42: Ebstein Anomaly
? Chapter 43: Truncus Arteriosus
? Chapter 44: Aortopulmonary Window
? Chapter 45: Origin of the Right or Left Pulmonary Artery from the Ascending Aorta
?Chapter 46: Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Arteries
? Chapter 47: Congenital Aortic Stenosis
? Chapter 48: Coarctation of the Aorta and Interrupted Aortic Arch
? Chapter 49: Aortic Atresia and Other Forms of Hypoplastic Left Heart Physiology
? Chapter 50: Congenital Mitral Valve Disease
? Chapter 51: Vascular Ring and Sling
? Chapter 52: Complete Transposition of the Great Arteries
? Chapter 53: Double Outlet Right Ventricle
? Chapter 54: Double Outlet Left Ventricle
? Chapter 55: Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries and Other Forms of Atrioventricular Discordant Connection
? Chapter 56: Double Inlet Ventricle and Atretic Atrioventricular Valve
? Chapter 57: Anatomically Corrected Malposition of Great Arteries
? Chapter 58: Atrial Isomerism

Now in its 4th edition, Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes Cardiac Surgery remains your indispensable source for definitive, state-of-the-art answers on every aspect of adult and pediatric cardiac surgery. This dynamic medical reference thoroughly and systematically covers the full range of new and classic surgical procedures-including the latest alternate and minimally invasive surgical techniques-and presents the up-to-date clinical evidence you need to make effective management decisions.

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Author Info

By Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, MD, Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri; Eugene H. Blackstone, MD, Head, Clinical Investigations, Heart and Vascular Institute, Staff, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic; Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Frank L. Hanley, MD, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University; Executive Director, Pediatric Heart Center, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, California and James K. Kirklin, MD, Professor and Director, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama