Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes Cardiac Surgery: 2-Volume Set - Hardcover

Kouchoukos MD, Nicholas T.; Doty MD, Donald B.; Karp MD, Robert B.; Blackstone MD, Eugene H.; Hanley MD, Frank L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0443075263 ISBN 13: 9780443075261

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 2003

Synopsis

The definitive textbook in both adult and pediatric cardiac surgery is back--updated and revised in a new, 3rd Edition! It thoroughly covers the full range of new and classic surgical procedures and presents the up-to-date clinical evidence practitioners need to make effective management decisions.

• Covers ischemic, valvular, and congenital heart disease; cardiac tumors; constrictive pericarditis; thoracic aortic surgery; cardiac transplantation; and much more.
• Explores each condition's natural history, diagnostic criteria, indications for surgery, operative techniques, and follow-up care.

• Features brand-new chapters covering diseases of the pulmonary arteries and diseases of the systemic veins, including Infective Endocarditis (Ch. 15).
• Incorporates significant updates on coronary artery disease, aortic valve disease, cardiac rhythm disturbances, heart failure and transplantation, disease of the thoracic aorta, tetralogy of Fallot, anesthesia, and postoperative care.
• Presents thousands of up-to-date references.
• Features hundreds of new procedural illustrations.

With one additional contributing expert.

About this title

About the Author

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, MD, Attending Surgeon, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, Eugene H. Blackstone, MD, Staff, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Donald B. Doty, MD, Chief, Department of Surgery, LDS Hospital; Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, Frank L. Hanley, MD, Professor of Surgery, Director, Pediatric Heart Center, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, and Robert B. Karp, MD, Formerly Professor

Review

"A comprehensive yet concise text that is very readable...Gives good background and good technical instruction...Belongs on the desk of everyone involved in cardiac surgery." Chest

Edition details

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0443075263
• ISBN 13: 9780443075261
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 2128