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A comprehensive, up-to-date collection of all essential clinical knowledge in cardiac and thoracic surgery. The contents have been reorganized into three major sections-Adult Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, and Thoracic Surgery. More than 50 new chapters have been added to reflect important changes within this rapidly evolving field, including both surgical and medical therapeutic approaches. More than 1,500 illustrations, nearly all of them new to this edition, help to clarify key concepts. It features a new organization into three major sections-Adult Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, and Thoracic Surgery-that makes information; covers hot new topics in thoracic surgery including minimal invasive treatment of lung cancer, multimodal therapy for esophageal cancer, innovative therapies and technology in thoracic surgery, and endoscopic treatment of thoracic disease; explores new developments in adult cardiac surgery, such as catheter-based treatment of c.