Comprehensive Surgical Management of Congenital Heart Disease (Hodder Arnold Publication) [Hardcover]

Richard A. Jonas M.D. (Author), Rebekah Dodson (Illustrator), James DiNardo M.D. (Contributor), Peter C. Laussen (Contributor), Robert Howe (Contributor), Robert LaPierre (Contributor), Gregory Matte (Contributor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0340808071 | ISBN-13: 978-0340808078 | Publication Date: August 12, 2004 | Edition: 1

This book is the first single authored textbook covering the complete spectrum of surgical management of congenital heart disease. The author, Dr. Richard Jonas, is the Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at Children's Hospital Boston and the fourth William E Ladd Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Management of congenital heart disease today requires a collaborative effort by a large healthcare team including congenital cardiac surgeons but also pediatric cardiologists, pediatric cardiac intensivists, pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists, perfusion and respiratory technicians and pediatric nurses. All of these individuals need to have a clear understanding of the surgical manipulations that take place in the operating room. This textbook provides beautifully illustrations that clearly depict even the most complex procedures. But this book is much more than an operative atlas. It presents evidence-based medicine that provides numerous scientific citations which explain not only how an operation should be done but in addition when and why it should be done and the outcomes of these interventions.

Editorial Reviews

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This book lives up to the promise of its title. It is written in a style that will appeal to surgeons: fluent, concise, focused. Detailed surgical knowledge is imparted effortlessly in every chapter of this beautifully illustrated book. For training cardiac surgeons this book explains the subject more clearly than any other I have read...For paediatric cardiologists, perfusionists and intensivists this could be invaluable in promoting greater understanding of the conditions they are involved in treating, and understanding the surgeons' perspective. -- Perfusion 20041001 This book is a display of superior individual knowledge - virtually encyclopaedic. The most difficult technical procedures are described with accuracy, in simple terms that reflect the skills and talents of a masterful surgeon. Any congenital cardiac surgeon, any surgical trainee interested in congenital cardiac surgery, will consult this book with great pleasure. -- Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 20040801 The accompanying text follows the diagrams in a logical, sequential fashion. The diagrams are such that it is relatively straightforward to envisage the surgical repair during an actual procedure. The book would be invaluable on a Congenital Heart Surgeon's bookshelf and also to Trainees in Cardiac Surgery and others involved in the management of children with congenital heart lesions. -- The Surgeon 20050801 It was a pleasure to review this book. The book would be invaluable on a Congenital Heart Surgeon's bookshelf and also to Trainees in Cardiac Surgery and others involved in the management of children with congenital heart lesions. This book represents a concise overview of the current surgical approach to many congenital heart lesions. I feel it represents excellent value. It is perhaps worth remarking that I bought this book myself before the copy arrived for review. -- The Royal College of Surgeons, Surgeon 3:4 302-304 20050501 This book is an excellent resource for many disciplines: general surgeons, anaethetists, intensivists, perfusionists and cardiologists, as well as congenital cardiac surgeons. Its practical approach makes it accessible yet comprehensive for practitioners of all grades. -- British Journal of Surgery 92 20050503

About the Author

Richard A Jonas MD was named the William E Ladd Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School in 1994. In 2004 he became Co-director of the Children's National Heart Institute in Washington DC.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 560 pages
• Publisher: Hodder Arnold Publishers; 1 edition (August 12, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340808071
• ISBN-13: 978-0340808078
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.9 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #269,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars comprehensive surgical management of congenital heart disease, January 13, 2008

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This review is from: Comprehensive Surgical Management of Congenital Heart Disease (Hodder Arnold Publication) (Hardcover)

The book has great pictures to demonstrates the surgical anatomy of complex congintal heart disease! Great book and very helpful

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Reference!!!!!, February 23, 2006

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This review is from: Comprehensive Surgical Management of Congenital Heart Disease (Hodder Arnold Publication) (Hardcover)

I have truly enjoyed the Jonas book. I work in cardiac Pedi surgery and have needed a detailed reference geared toward Perfusionists and the Jonas book truly hit the mark.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Congenital heart surgery, July 25, 2005

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This is a well done book. Useful to get basic knowledge from young surgeons. I liked it and it satisfate my expectaions.