Publisher's Synopsis
This is a comprehensive and authoritative textbook on cardiothoracic surgery. This edition has been completely updated to present the latest developments in the field, with special emphasis on the preferred methods of therapy. Abundantly illustrated, each chapter provides historical background, surgical anatomy and pathophysiology, diagnosis, perioperative care, anaesthesia, and supportive therapy of disease.;The sixth edition features coverage of: molecular biology and immunology of thoracic neoplasms; care of infants with congenital heart disease; new chapters on clinical/biological interface of the basic science of the myocardial muscle and the coronary circulation; transplantation immunology; and mitral valve repair, homografts, and auto-grafts of cardiac valves and indications for percutaneous coronary revascularization.
