Readings and References

Weekly Curricula Email readings will reference the following titles and editions unless otherwise specified.

CARDIAC

Anderson:
R. H. Anderson and K. Mazyar . Mitral Valve Disease:
Mitral Valve Repair: Critical Analysis of Anatomy Discussed. MMCTS 2007- (copyright held by authors)

Antunes:
M.J. Antunes. Mitral Valve Disease:
Open Mitral Comissurotomy in MMCTS 2006 

Buxton:
B. F. Buxton, S. Seevanayagam and R. Kaiche. Use of Radial Artery for Coronary Revascularization in MMCTS 2007.

Calafiore:
A. Calafiore, L. Weltert, and M. DiMauro. Internal Mammary Artery in MMCTS 2005.

DeSimone:
J. DeSimone and P. Sergeant. Off-pump Myocardial Revascularization in MMCTS 2006, Pub. Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery (MMCTS) 2006 Pub. European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery.

Fann:
Fann, Ingels; Miller DC.
Pathophysiology of Mitral Valve Disease. In: Cohn LH, Edmunds LH. Cardiac Surgery in the Adult. 2003.

Gilinov:
A.M. Gillinov. Mitral Valve Disease: Chordal Transfer for Repair of Anterior Leaflet Prolapse in MMCTS 2005.

Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes:
Kouchoukos, N; Blackstone E; Doty, D; Hanley, F; and Karp, R, eds. Cardiac Surgery: Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes, Third Edition, Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2003.

Kirklin:
"Cath film interpretation," pp 17-21, in Cardiac Surgery, First Edition, Kirklin J.W., 1986. (Note: This edition is out of print; please check with your program director or reference librarian.)

Mihaljevic:
Mihaljevic, Paul; Cohn, Wechsler.
Pathophysiology of Aortic Valve Disease. In: Cohn LH, Edmunds LH, Cardiac Surgery in the Adult. 2003.

Perier:
P. Perier. Mitral Valve Disease: Quadrangular Resection for Repair of Posterior Leaflet Prolapse in MMCTS 2005.

Turina:
M. Turina. Aortic Valve Disease:
Supra-annular Aortic Valve Replacement with a Mechanical Prosthesis in MMCTS 2006.

Topol:
"Our Preoccupation with Coronary Luminology," Topol, E., Circulation 1995; 92: 2333-2342.

Wheatley:
D. Wheatley and M. Will. Mitral Valve Disease:
Mitral Valve Replacement with a Mechanical or Bioprosthetic Valve in MMCTS 2005.

Woo:
Woo, YJ; Gardner, TJ.
Myocardial Revascularization with Cardiopulmonary Bypass. In: Cohn LH, Edmunds LH: Cardiac Surgery in the Adult. 2003.

 

THORACIC

Mountain:
Clifton Mountain, Herman Libshitz, and Kay Hermes . A Handbook for Staging, Imaging, and Lymph Node Classification
: Page 38: http://www.ctsnet.org/book/mountain/IllustratImaging_p38.html.

Pearson, Esophageal Surgery:
Pearson, FG; Cooper, JD; Deslauriers, J; Ginsberg, RJ; Heibert, G; Patterson GA; Urschel, HC. Esophageal Surgery, Second Edition, Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2002.

Pearson, Thoracic Surgery:
Pearson, FG; Cooper, JD; Deslauriers, J; Ginsberg, RJ; Hiebert, CA; Patterson, GA; Urschel, HC. Thoracic Surgery, Second Edition, Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2002.

Pearson:
Pearson, et al.. Thoracic Surgery : Chapter 32 : Non small cell lung cancer: Page 837.

Pearson:
Pearson, F.G; Cooper, J.D.; Deslauriers, J.; Ginsberg, R.J.; Hiebert, C., Patterson, G.A.; and Urschel, H.C. Traumatic Diaphragmatic Rupture, Chapter 69, pp 1850-1856, Thoracic Surgery, Second Edition, 2002.

Shields:
Shields, TW; LoCicero, J; Ponn, RB (eds). General Thoracic Surgery, Fifth Edition, Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000.

Shields:
Shields, T; LoCicero, J.; and Ponn, R, eds. Diaphragmatic Injuries, Chapter 74, pp 1006-1013, General Thoracic Surgery, Sixth Edition, 2004.


ADDITIONAL READINGS

Bishop:
Bishop, M., Life Math. JAMA. July 18, 2007, 298:266-268.

Lee:
Lee, TH, Torchiana, DF, and Lock, JE. Is Zero the Ideal Death Rate?, in New England Journal of Medicine, 357:2, pp111-113, July 12, 2007.

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