Atlas of Cardiac Surgery

This procedures atlas features the art of the famed medical artist Leon Schlossberg and text from the Johns Hopkins Department of Cardiovascular Surgery. Visual step-by-step details are given of the optimal approaches to a comprehensive list of modern cardiac surgical techniques. Major section headings include General Anatomy, Ischemic Heart Disease, Arrhythmia Surgery, Myxoma, Thoracic Aneurysms, Transplantation, Assist Devices, and Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy. Features: * Step-by-step procedures for all heart surgery operations are clearly detailed. * Authors are affiliated with Johns Hopkins, one of the major cardiac surgery departments in the United States. * MIDCAB and new procedures are included.