Full Description
This review of the diagnosis of surgical heart disease has been revised and updated to include a survey of common conditions encountered in the practice of cardiac surgery. The text offers an overview of current practices rather than details of individual operative techniques.
Contents
Anatomical and physiological considerations; clinical aspects of cardiac diagnosis; special investigations; temporary support of the circulation; congenital heart disease; acquired valvular heart disease; ischaemic heart disease; miscellaneous heart disease; acquired lesions of major blood vessels.
