Issues in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery: 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ book that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Cardiothoracic Surgery. The editors have built Issues in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Cardiothoracic Surgery in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

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In consultation with Consulting Editor, Dr. Jan Foster, Dr. Brian Boling has put together a state-of the-art issue of the Critical Care Nursing Clinics devoted to Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care. Clinical review articles are specifically devoted to the following: Fast Track Cardiac Surgery; Options for Minimally Invasive Valvular Surgery; Surgical Interventions for the Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure; Lung Transplantation; Surgical Treatment of Lung Cancer; Post-Operative Management of Tetralogy of Fallot; Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring in Cardiothoracic Surgery; Vasoactive Infusions in Cardiothoracic Surgery; Common Post Cardiothoracic Surgery Arrhythmias; Pain Control in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Patient; Renal Complications of Cardiothoracic Surgery; The Role of ECMO in Post Cardiotomy Shock; Resuscitation of Patients Who Arrest After Cardiac Surgery; and End of Life Care in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Readers will come away with the latest information they need to improve improves of cardiothoracic surgical patients.

This issue of Surgical Clinics of North America focuses on Cardiothoracic Surgery, and is edited by Dr. John H. Braxton. Articles will include: Review of ICU Management of the Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery Patient and the Team Approach; Minimally Invasive and Robotically Assisted Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure; The Changing Face of the Cardiothoracic Surgical Team; Thoracic Trauma and Management; Minimally Invasive and Robotically Assisted Thoracic Surgery; The Impact on Less Invasive Surgery on Esophageal Diseases; Lung Cancer Screening and its Impact of Surgical Volume; The Surgical Treatment of Coronary Artery Occlusive Disease: Modern Treatment Strategies for an Age Old Problem; Transcutaneous Valve Repair and Update; Robotic Lobectomy and Segmentectomy: Technical Details and Results; Diagnostic Imaging and Newer Modalities for Thoracic Diseases: PET Imaging and EBUS for Staging and its Implication for Lung Cancer; Mitral Valve Repair: French Correction vs. American Correction; Cardiac Screening in the Noncardiac Surgery Patient; and more!

In this issue of Surgical Clinics, guest editor Dr. Daniel G. Cuadrado brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Cardiothoracic Surgery. In this issue, top experts in the field provide updates on the most common procedures in cardiothoracic surgery, including articles on the lung, heart and chest, as well as two articles on epidemiology that give an accurate scope of heart disease. - Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including lung cancer: epidemiology and screening; open surgical and extended resections for lung cancer; surgical management of pneumothorax and pleural space disease; management of coronary artery disease; minimally invasive and sub-lobar resections for lung cancer; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on cardiothoracic surgery, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, Guest Editor Cherie Erkmen brings considerable expertise to the topic of social disparities in thoracic surgery. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as social disparities in lung cancer, population health, esophageal cancer, benign lung diseases, and more. - Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on social disparities in thoracic surgery, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews. - Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including Social Disparities Database and Big Data; Health Disparities in Recruitment and Enrollment in Research; Social Disparities in Lung Cancer Risk and Screening; and more.

In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest editor Farid Shamji brings considerable expertise to the topic of Lung Cancer. Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on Lung Cancer, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.

This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Sharon Ben-Or, is devoted to Thoracic Surgery in the Special Care Patient. Dr. Ben-Or has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Thoracic surgery in the pregnant patient; Thoracic surgery in early stage small cell lung cancer; Lung cancer in the post transplant / immunosuppressed patient; The postpneumonectomy patient; Thoracic surgery considerations in the obese patient; Thoracic surgery considerations in the pediatric patient; Esophagectomy after weight reduction surgery; Thoracic surgery considerations in the mentally ill or handicapped patient; Lung cancer with concomitant cardiac disease; Malignant pleural effusion and the trapped lung; Empyema from an obstructing lung cancer; Synchronous esophageal and lung cancer; Thoracic surgery considerations in the AIDS patient; and more!

This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Edward D. Verrier, is devoted to Education and the Thoracic Surgeon. Dr. Verrier has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: The Master surgeon as educator; How does the adult surgeon learn?; How to obtain meaningful assessment in thoracic surgery education; How to give effective formative feedback in thoracic surgery education; Bias: How to minimize the hidden impact on thoracic surgical education; The educational challenges of the operating room; Effective classroom teaching and the impact of e-learning in thoracic surgery education; The alternative surgical curriculum; Deliberate practice and the emerging roles of simulation in thoracic surgery; Teaching, mentorship, and coaching in thoracic surgical education; Faculty development: using education for career advancement; The potential of virtual or augmented reality to enhance thoracic surgical education; How will artificial intelligence impact (cognitive) decision making in thoracic surgery; and more!

In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, Guest Editor Farid Shamji brings considerable expertise to the topic of Lung Cancer in this second issue covering this topic. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as biological treatments, improving anesthesia safety in pulmonary resection for lung cancer, history of surgical instruments in thoracic surgery, The Hemithorax – the empty chest syndrome, and more. - Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on lung cancer, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews. - Contains 16 relevant, practice-oriented topics including Assessment of Operability and Resectability in Lung Cancer; Complications of chest wall resection in conjunction with pulmonary resection; Sepsis in the postpneumonectomy space: pathogenesis, recognition and management; Neuroendocrine cancers of the lung: natural history, pathological classification, biological behaviour and treatment; and more.