Cardiothoracic surgery: time for reappraisal!☆

Cardiothoracic surgery: time for reappraisal!

Today I would like to reflect, sine ira et studio, about the status of cardiothoracic surgery by critically asking what has changed during the past decades. I shall conclude with some suggestions as to how we might adapt to these changes in order to carry forward the remarkable development of our speciality and to retain its attractiveness for those who follow in our footsteps. First, I shall c...

Cardiothoracic surgery.

Cardiothoracic surgeons provide care to neonates, children, adults, and the elderly with a range of disorders of the heart, lungs, esophagus, and major blood vessels of the chest. The field of cardiothoracic surgery continues to thrive among the transformations in thoracic and cardiovascular medicine. This article is intended to provide a guide to medical students and physicians on the training...

Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Surgery – Cardiothoracic Surgery

Reading this handbook of " Cardiothoracic " surgery, I am reminded of the Peter Cook & Dudley Moore sketch about the one legged man auditioning for the role of Tarzan: " I love your right leg … I have nothing against your right leg … unfortunately neither do you! " Well, I have nothing against the cardiac surgery side of this book, it is excellent. Unfortunately the Thoracic component is almost...

Localized Drug Delivery for Cardiothoracic Surgery

Atrial arrhythmias after cardiothoracic surgery.

From the Divisions of Cardiovascular Diseases (S.R.O., M.S.S.) and Cardiovascular Surgery (J.A.O.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Address reprint requests to Dr. Stanton at the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905. ©1997, Massachusetts Medical Society. TRIAL tachyarrhythmias early in the recovery period after cardiothoracic surgery are common; ...