Cardiac Surgery

In this atlas, surgeons from the US, Europe, Canada, Nepal, and Japan provide 43 chapters on cardiac surgery, focusing on primary aortic valve surgery, ascending aortic surgery with and without valve replacement, thoracic aortic surgery, mitral valve procedures, tricuspid valve procedures, cardiovascular trauma, myocardial revascularization procedures, surgery of the left ventricle, coronary artery anomalies in adults, pericardial surgery, cardiothoracic transplantation, cardiac assist devices, electrophysiology procedures, and other cardiac procedures. Each procedure details the indications/contraindications, preoperative planning, surgical techniques, postoperative management, complications, and results. Online access to an ebook is included. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)