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Cardiac Surgery: Safeguards and Pitfalls in Operative Technique - Hardcover

Khonsari, Siavosh; Sintek, Colleen F., M.D.; Ardehali, Abbas, M.D.

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9780781769501: Cardiac Surgery: Safeguards and Pitfalls in Operative Technique

Synopsis

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.

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