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Cardiac Surgery

A Complete Guide

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  • Concisely covers the breadth of material needed to obtain certification in cardiac surgery

  • Details evidence-based approaches for managing a range of cardiac surgical conditions

  • Features information boxes in each chapter to aid the reader identify key points

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Table of contents (110 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Perioperative Care and Cardiopulmonary Bypass

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Cardiac Catheterization

      • Konstantinos Kalogeras, Vasileios F. Panoulas
      Pages 3-13
    3. Fractional Flow Reserve

      • Vasileios F. Panoulas
      Pages 15-21
    4. Echocardiography

      • Shelley Rahman Haley
      Pages 23-39
    5. Assessment of Myocardial Viability

      • Chandra Katikireddy, Nareg Minaskeian, Amir Najafi, Arang Samim
      Pages 55-62
    6. Inotropes, Vasopressors and Vasodilators

      • Nandor Marczin, Paola Carmona, Steffen Rex, Eric E. C. de Waal
      Pages 69-79
    7. Cardiac Pacing in Adults

      • Daniel Keene, S. M. Afzal Sohaib, Tom Wong
      Pages 81-92
    8. Adult Cardiopulmonary Bypass

      • Demetrios Stefanou, Ioannis Dimarakis
      Pages 93-99
    9. Myocardial Protection in Adults

      • Francesco Nicolini, Tiziano Gherli
      Pages 101-108
    10. Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia

      • Benilde Cosmi
      Pages 109-117
    11. Tissue Sealants in Cardiac Surgery

      • Louis P. Perrault, Fatima Zohra Moukhariq
      Pages 119-127
  3. Coronary Artery Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
    2. Conduits for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

      • Cristiano Spadaccio, Mario F. L. Gaudino
      Pages 131-137
    3. Endoscopic Saphenous Vein and Radial Artery Harvesting

      • Fabrizio Rosati, Gianluigi Bisleri
      Pages 139-148
    4. Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

      • Kirthi Ravichandren, Faisal G. Bakaeen
      Pages 149-155
    5. Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

      • Shahzad G. Raja, Umberto Benedetto
      Pages 157-165
    6. Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

      • Ming Hao Guo, Janet M. C. Ngu, Marc Ruel
      Pages 167-173

About this book

This textbook provides a succinct overview of cardiac surgery, with key concepts being emphasized throughout. An abundance of illustrations, intra-operative photographs, tables as well as information boxes, aids the reader to visualise, grasp and retain difficult concepts. The inclusion of evidence-based approaches to the management of a range of cardiac surgical conditions equips the reader with an understanding of how to overcome a variety of potentially tough clinical challenges.  

Concise Cardiac Surgery: A Complete Guide comprehensively covers a range of techniques used in cardiac surgery. It is therefore, an ideal resource for the trainee and practising cardiac surgeon seeking a practically focused text detailing how to apply the latest techniques and evidence-based approaches in their day-to-day practice.  


Reviews

“Thanks for the reader-friendly design … . A key feature of the book is the section on Review Questions that contains Single Best Answer Questions that will prove to be an invaluable resource for residents preparing for their certification examina­tions. … The answers are designed to allow the reader to further enhance their clinical knowledge, under­standing, and single best answer technique, thus making this book an excellent aid for exam preparation.” (Richard Eyermann, Zeitschrift Deutsches Zentrum für herzkranke Kinder, Vol. 23 (2), 2021)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK

    Shahzad G. Raja

About the editor

Shahzad G. Raja graduated from King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan.  He carried out his basic surgical training at Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan. He passed M.R.C.S. from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2001 and Intercollegiate Board Examination in Cardiothoracic Surgery in 2009. Dr. Raja received his specialist training in cardiothoracic surgery within the Glasgow University Hospitals, Harefield Hospital,  and Great Ormond Street Hospital.  He currently works as a consultant cardiac surgeon at Harefield Hospital, London. His interests lie in medical writing, undergraduate teaching, medical education, and clinical research. Dr. Raja has a special interest in assessing the impact of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in improving outcomes 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cardiac Surgery

  • Book Subtitle: A Complete Guide

  • Editors: Shahzad G. Raja

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24174-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24173-5Published: 12 February 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24176-6Published: 19 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24174-2Published: 11 February 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 1089

  • Number of Illustrations: 201 b/w illustrations, 424 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery

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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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