This procedures atlas features the art of famed medical artist Leon Schlossberg and text from the Johns Hopkins Department of Cardiovascular Surgery. Visual step-by-step details are given of the optimal approaches to a comprehensive list of modern cardiac surgical techniques. Major section headings include General Anatomy, Ischemic Heart Disease, Arrhythmia Surgery, Myxoma, Thoracic Aneurysms, Transplantation, Assist Devices, and Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.