Offering a unique and helpful approach to this complex field, Khonsari and Sintek's Cardiac Surgery: Safeguards and Pitfalls in Operative Technique, Sixth Edition, edited by Drs. Abbas Ardehali and Jonathan Chen, details the most important cardiac surgery techniques with a focus on avoiding and managing surgical pitfalls and complications. From general considerations through the surgical correction of acquired and congenital heart conditions, it provides practical, hands-on guidance in a concise, readable, and richly illustrated format.

• Helps you avoid and manage technical pitfalls and complications of cardiac surgery--nearly half the text is devoted to pearls and pitfalls, with clear discussions of mechanisms of technical errors and the techniques to prevent and correct these errors
• Contains a new content and sections on aortic surgery and transcatheter aortic valve replacement contributed by Drs. Hiroo Takayama and Olcay Aksoy, as well as comprehensive updates throughout the text
• Covers the vast majority of procedures you're likely to encounter, including new and emerging minimally invasive and robotic techniques
• Uses easy-to-spot icons to alert you to both pitfalls and helpful tips
• Presents nuances of surgical technique with a wealth of step-by-step, full-color illustrations