[HSF] Cardiac Surgery Textbook

[Tea Acuff]

My dad ways told me that an education was not memorizing information, but knowing where to find it. I guess this makes Prasanna the brightest guy around. He left to me to figure out that education was really about what to do with the information that you found. These books that others have mentioned are a much better source for the average person than the internet, but I can't really think of a cardiac book that either 1) makes one think about what to do or 2) shows what a surgeon actually does in the OR in a case by case basis. One can always read what cardiologist say about what we do, but that information, while telling us much about diseases, seems to miss the implied objective. I think that is why the HSF is so popular as it does both. HSF is becoming the informal text for cardiac surgery. If we can get or help Mark to up grade the system for movies and other visuals it would be outstanding (and less confusing).

For Thoracic Surgery I can think of two books immediately (remember I am bad with names so I seem often to skip my dad's step but use it for justification for not "knowing"). The best how to do lung surgery is a "red book" series e.g.,lung, head and neck etc from my dad's days. The relevant cartoon dissections are totally clear. I think my wife packed up my stuff to make the house look better so if anyone knows of which book I speak it will be better. The other is a "Manual of Thoracic Surgery" by von Hippel. Most practicing cardiothoracic surgeons seem to not know much of this stuff if you watch how they pracice. I suspect cardiac surgery is exactly the same.

tea 


----- Original Message ----
From: psimha <prasannasimha at gmail.com>
To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2007 8:41:22 PM
Subject: Re: [HSF] Cardiac Surgery Textbook


Kirklin for detail
Glenn for fun (most readable)
Sabiston for enjoyment (especially for the summary of the cross 
references given at the end of each chapter)
Shields for Thoracic
Rutherford for Vascular.
Prasanna
Faisal H. Cheema, M.D. wrote:
> Dear HSF Members: 
>
> Which cardiac surgery textbook would you recommend for a beginner to develop
> fundamental concepts?
>
> Thanking you in anticipation for your advice,
>
> Sincerely,
> Faisal
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> Faisal H. Cheema, M.D.
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> Associate Research Scientist
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