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Cardiac Surgery: Safeguards and Pitfalls in Operative Technique, 4th Edition
448 pages | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 4 edition (November 1, 2007) | ISBN: 0781769507 | PDF | 73.4 MB
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.