Key Questions in Congenital Cardiac Surgery 1st Edition

Your Essential Revision Aid for Congenital Cardiac Surgery

This book is the latest addition to a popular series, systematically covering all the main topics involved in the current practice of a congenital cardiac surgeon. It incorporates current guidelines for practice and up-to-date information based on current literature, making it an ideal guide to answer the key questions asked within the confines of an examination.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Coverage: Each chapter is structured to include the etiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, indications for surgery, peri-operative management, surgical options, and postoperative care.
• Evidence-Based: The data and body of knowledge presented in this book is strictly evidence-based and is relevant to all congenital cardiac surgical trainees.
• Exam Preparation: The book is ideal as a revision aid for residents/registrars undertaking their Cardiothoracic Surgery Board examinations, and its concise, yet complete coverage of important topics makes it the ideal guide.
• Multidisciplinary Relevance: It is an invaluable resource for congenital cardiologists, pediatric cardiac intensive care unit specialists, nursing staff, physiotherapists, and other professions allied to medicine working with patients with congenital heart disease.
• Basic Sciences and Investigations: It includes a section on basic sciences related to the practising congenital cardiac surgeon and a further section on congenital cardiac investigations, with many images illustrating the variety of pathologies.
• Concise and Complete: The concise, yet complete coverage of the important topics makes it the ideal guide.