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For cardiac surgeons, anesthesiologists, residents, medical students, physician assistants, and cardiac nurses, Lemmer (surgery, Oregon Health and Science U.) and Vlahakes (surgery, Harvard Medical School) present a pocket-sized handbook on the practical aspects of preoperative evaluation and planning, postoperative care of patients undergoing cardiac surgery, and intraoperative management (with regard to issues that affect overall care of the patient, not how to perform surgery). Emphasis is on the prevention and management of inevitable perioperative complications, and chapters on management of infants and children and mechanical cardiac support and transplantation are included. This edition has updated patient management strategies. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)