Overview

Atlas of Cardiac Surgical Techniques, a title in the new Surgical Techniques Atlas series edited by Drs. Townsend and Evers, presents state-of-the-art updates on all main cardiac surgical techniques performed today. Drs. Sellke and Ruel, along with esteemed international contributors, offer you expert advice on a variety of techniques-open and interventional-to help you expand your surgical repertoire and hone your skills. Full-color illustrations and photographs enhance visual guidance and Expert Consult functionality gives you easy access to the full text online at expertconsult.com. Includes convenient access to the full-text online as well as procedural videos that show you how to proceed. Offers step-by-step guidance on a variety of cardiac surgical techniques, both open and interventional, giving you more options for the challenges you face. Discusses the hottest topics in cardiac surgery, including minimally invasive techniques, robotic surgery, aortic dissections, and more. Presents more than 400 full-color illustrations and step-by-step intraoperative photographs for expert visual guidance. Discusses pearls and pitfalls to help you avoid complications. Uses a consistent, easy-to-follow chapter format that includes clinical anatomy, pre-operative considerations, operative steps, post-operative care, and pearls and pitfalls to make reference easy. Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should online access to the web site be discontinued.

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<p> The online access which is included in the purchase of the book is a very interesting feature with didactic purposes..recommend[ed] this atlas for practicing surgeons as well as for surgical residents, students and nurses for their review and preparation for surgical procedures. <p>Acta Chirurgica Belgica, August 2010

-The online access which is included in the purchase of the book is a very interesting feature with didactic purposes..recommend[ed] this atlas for practicing surgeons as well as for surgical residents, students and nurses for their review and preparation for surgical procedures.- Acta Chirurgica Belgica, August 2010 The online access which is included in the purchase of the book is a very interesting feature with didactic purposes..recommend[ed] this atlas for practicing surgeons as well as for surgical residents, students and nurses for their review and preparation for surgical procedures. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, August 2010 The online access which is included in the purchase of the book is a very interesting feature with didactic purposes..recommend[ed] this atlas for practicing surgeons as well as for surgical residents, students and nurses for their review and preparation for surgical procedures. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, August 2010

-The online access which is included in the purchase of the book is a very interesting feature with didactic purposes..recommend[ed] this atlas for practicing surgeons as well as for surgical residents, students and nurses for their review and preparation for surgical procedures.- Acta Chirurgica Belgica, August 2010

The online access which is included in the purchase of the book is a very interesting feature with didactic purposes..recommend[ed] this atlas for practicing surgeons as well as for surgical residents, students and nurses for their review and preparation for surgical procedures. Acta Chirurgica Belgica, August 2010

Author Information

Dr Frank Sellke is the Karl Karlson & Gloria Karlson Professor and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of the Cardiovascular Institute at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Lifespan Hospitals. He previously served as the Johnson & Johnson Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, having been a successful clinician, educator and researcher in the cardiovascular field. Dr Sellke has published over 585 papers with 115,000 citations. Dr Sellke is the 2021 recipient of the Brown University Distinguished Research Award in Medicine or Biology, the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Heart Association and the Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater, Indiana University School of Medicine. He is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and is a member of several other editorial boards. Dr. Marc Ruel is the Division Head and Chair of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Dr. Ruel is a Professor in the Department of Surgery and in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Ottawa. A seasoned heart surgeon, innovator and researcher, Dr. Ruel is widely credited with the development of minimally invasive multivessel coronary artery bypass surgery worldwide, and with other minimally invasive cardiac techniques. Dr. Ruel has published over 400 scientific papers and book chapters, led key clinical trials in cardiac surgery, is the recipient of numerous academic and community awards, and was recently featured among the 'Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery'. Dr. Ruel is the President of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS), the Canadian Director of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the surgical Editor at the prestigious journal Circulation.

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