About this Hardcover
- ISBN-13
- 9780721691688
- Author
- Alain Carpentier,David Harold Adams,Farzan Filsoufi
- Publisher
- Saunders/Elsevier
- Edition
- 1
- Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 354
- Binding
- Hardcover
Verified US edition — ISBN 9780721691688
ISBN 9780721691688 identifies the 1 of Carpentier's Reconstructive Valve Surgery From Valve Analysis to Valve Reconstruction by Alain Carpentier by Alain Carpentier,David Harold Adams,Farzan Filsoufi, published by Saunders/Elsevier (2010). Every copy Book Shop Now ships against this ISBN is the genuine US-edition print run from the original publisher's authorized US distribution — no overseas reprints, no scanned facsimiles, no "international edition" rebranding. Verify this ISBN against your professor's syllabus before checkout.
About Saunders/Elsevier
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