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This procedures atlas features the art of 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.
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The Atlas' five contributors, four of them associated with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, detail 25 procedures related to the mitral valve, ventricular assist devices, aortic valve replacement, homograft aortic root replacement, myxoma removal, heart-lung transplantation, and operations like the elephant trunk and the Ross procedures, and others. Designed as a working atlas to aid residents, fellows, and attendings in cardiac surgery, the atlas' focus is on adults, even though chapters on transplantation apply to all ages. The strength of this atlas among others of its kind is its slant toward successful procedures used at Johns Hopkins and the incredibly vivid and detailed drawings of Leon Schlossberg (d. 1999). Distributed by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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