Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes Cardiac Surgery
- 5th Edition - December 29, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editors: James K. Kirklin, Hartzell V. Schaff, Eugene H. Blackstone, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Francis D. Pagani
- Language: English
Offering expert, dependable, accurate guidance on every facet of adult and pediatric cardiac surgery, Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes Cardiac Surgery, 5th Edition, remains the gold standard… Read more
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Offering expert, dependable, accurate guidance on every facet of adult and pediatric cardiac surgery, Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes Cardiac Surgery, 5th Edition, remains the gold standard text in this fast-changing field. World-renowned editors and authors from six continents provide meticulously updated information on the major changes and innovations over the past decade, including classical surgical updates, catheter-based procedures, robotics, minimally invasive approaches, and hybrid techniques. This dynamic and indispensable reference thoroughly and systematically covers the full range of new and classic surgical procedures, presenting the up-to-date clinical evidence you need to make effective management decisions for every patient.
- Provides comprehensive coverage of all areas of cardiac surgery, including coronary artery, valvular, pericardial, and congenital heart disease; cardiac tumors; heart failure, mechanical circulatory support, and cardiac transplantation; cardiac rhythm disturbances; and thoracic aorta disease. The Congenital Heart Disease section features 30 chapters covering all congenital cardiac malformations, from the simplest to the most complex, and includes new chapters on anatomic considerations and nomenclature for congenital heart disease and congenital heart surgery in resource-limited settings. These are accompanied by chapters on general considerations across the field: anatomy, hypothermia and circulatory arrest, cardiopulmonary bypass, myocardial management, anesthesia and postoperative care, cardiac reoperations, cardiac imaging, generating new knowledge, and quality assurance
- Covers the latest advancements and practices with thorough updates throughout
- Shares the knowledge and expertise of a new, global team of internationally renowned contributing authors selected based on their extensive expertise in each area
- Includes for each condition: definition, historical note, pathogenesis and morphology, clinical features and diagnostic criteria, natural history, technique of operation, special features of postoperative care, results, indications for operations, and special situations and controversies—all designed to help you make the most well-informed decisions and achieve optimal outcomes
- Contains 100+ new illustrations for a better visual understanding of critical information, and detailed flow charts, diagrams, and graphs throughout
- Includes an eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook that allows you to access to all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability
Cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, students, trainees, and other members of the cardiac surgical team, with a major emphasis on a global, as well as U.S. market
Part I: General Considerations
1. Anatomy
2. Hypothermia, Circulatory Arrest, and Cardiopulmonary Bypass
3. Myocardial Management During Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass
4. Anesthesia and Postoperative Care
5. Cardiac Reoperations: Considerations and Techniques
6. Cardiac Imaging
7. Generating New Knowledge
8. Quality Assurance
Part II: Ischemic Heart Disease
9. Stenotic Coronary Artery Disease
10. Acute and Chronic Complications of Myocardial Infarction
Part III: Acquired Valvular Heart Disease
11. Mitral Valve Disease
12. Aortic Valve Disease
13. Tricuspid Valve Disease
14. Infective Endocarditis
Part IV: Other Cardiac Conditions
15. Cardiac Rhythm Disturbance
16. Cardiac Trauma
17. Cardiac Tumors
18. Pericardial Disease
19. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Part V: Advanced Heart Failure
20. Mechanical Circulatory Support
21. Cardiac Transplantation
Part VI: Diseases of the Thoracic Arteries and Veins
22. Acute Aortic Dissection
23. Chronic Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Disease
24. Acute Traumatic Aortic Disruption
25. Diseases of the Pulmonary Arteries and Systemic Veins
Part VII: Congenital Heart Disease
26. Anatomic Considerations in Congenital Heart Disease
27. Nomenclature for Congenital Heart Disease
28. Patent Ductus Arteriosus
29. Atrial Septal Defect, Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection, Unroofed Coronary Sinus
30. Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
31. Cor Triatriatum
32. Atrioventricular Septal Defect
33. Ventricular Septal Defect
34. Ventricular Septal Defect with Pulmonary Stenosis
35. Ventricular Septal Defect and Pulmonary Atresia
36. Pulmonary Stenosis or Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum
37. Congenital Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm, Aortico-Left Ventricular Tunnel
38. Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Arteries
39. Vascular Rings and Slings, Tracheal Stenosis
40. Coarctation of the Aorta, Interrupted Aortic Arch
41. Aortopulmonary Window
42. Origin of the Right or Left Pulmonary Artery from the Ascending Aorta
43. Truncus Arteriosus
44. Transposition of the Great Arteries
45. Double Outlet Right Ventricle
46. Double Outlet Left Ventricle
47. Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries, Isolated Ventricular Inversion, Isolated Atrial Inversion, Anatomically Corrected Malposition of the Great Arteries
48. Ebstein Anomaly
49. Congenital and Juvenile Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
50. Congenital Aortic Stenosis
51. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
52. Functional Single Ventricle
53. Heterotaxy
54. Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult
55. Congenital Heart Surgery in Resource Limited Settings
1. Anatomy
2. Hypothermia, Circulatory Arrest, and Cardiopulmonary Bypass
3. Myocardial Management During Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass
4. Anesthesia and Postoperative Care
5. Cardiac Reoperations: Considerations and Techniques
6. Cardiac Imaging
7. Generating New Knowledge
8. Quality Assurance
Part II: Ischemic Heart Disease
9. Stenotic Coronary Artery Disease
10. Acute and Chronic Complications of Myocardial Infarction
Part III: Acquired Valvular Heart Disease
11. Mitral Valve Disease
12. Aortic Valve Disease
13. Tricuspid Valve Disease
14. Infective Endocarditis
Part IV: Other Cardiac Conditions
15. Cardiac Rhythm Disturbance
16. Cardiac Trauma
17. Cardiac Tumors
18. Pericardial Disease
19. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Part V: Advanced Heart Failure
20. Mechanical Circulatory Support
21. Cardiac Transplantation
Part VI: Diseases of the Thoracic Arteries and Veins
22. Acute Aortic Dissection
23. Chronic Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Disease
24. Acute Traumatic Aortic Disruption
25. Diseases of the Pulmonary Arteries and Systemic Veins
Part VII: Congenital Heart Disease
26. Anatomic Considerations in Congenital Heart Disease
27. Nomenclature for Congenital Heart Disease
28. Patent Ductus Arteriosus
29. Atrial Septal Defect, Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection, Unroofed Coronary Sinus
30. Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
31. Cor Triatriatum
32. Atrioventricular Septal Defect
33. Ventricular Septal Defect
34. Ventricular Septal Defect with Pulmonary Stenosis
35. Ventricular Septal Defect and Pulmonary Atresia
36. Pulmonary Stenosis or Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum
37. Congenital Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm, Aortico-Left Ventricular Tunnel
38. Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Arteries
39. Vascular Rings and Slings, Tracheal Stenosis
40. Coarctation of the Aorta, Interrupted Aortic Arch
41. Aortopulmonary Window
42. Origin of the Right or Left Pulmonary Artery from the Ascending Aorta
43. Truncus Arteriosus
44. Transposition of the Great Arteries
45. Double Outlet Right Ventricle
46. Double Outlet Left Ventricle
47. Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries, Isolated Ventricular Inversion, Isolated Atrial Inversion, Anatomically Corrected Malposition of the Great Arteries
48. Ebstein Anomaly
49. Congenital and Juvenile Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
50. Congenital Aortic Stenosis
51. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
52. Functional Single Ventricle
53. Heterotaxy
54. Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult
55. Congenital Heart Surgery in Resource Limited Settings
- Edition: 5
- Latest edition
- Published: December 29, 2025
- Language: English
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James K. Kirklin
Dr. James Kirklin is Director, Kirklin Institute for Research in Surgical Outcomes (KIRSO), Professor of Surgery, former Director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and holds the James Kirklin Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Kirklin served as Director of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery from 2006 – 2016, with clinical interests focusing on surgery for pediatric and adult congenital heart disease, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support. His many research interests involve cardiac transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, and outcomes research in pediatric cardiac surgery. Dr. Kirklin is past President of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) and President-elect of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. He served as Editor of the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation from 2000 – 2009. He was first author on the premier textbook on Heart Transplantation and co-author of the 4th Edition of the Cardiac Surgery textbook. In 2020, he received the ISHLT Lifetime Achievement Award. He has authored over 500 scientific publications
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Director, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USAHS
Hartzell V. Schaff
Affiliations and expertise
Stuart W. Harrington Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USAEB
Eugene H. Blackstone
Eugene Blackstone, MD, is full-time head of Clinical Investigations at the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic, and staff member of the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Quantitative Health Sciences and Transplant Center. Dr. Blackstone is board-certified as Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners and as a Fellow, American College of Cardiology. At Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Blackstone heads a multidisciplinary clinical research team focused on ischemic and valvar heart diseases, heart rhythm disturbances, heart failure (including transplantation, ventricular assist devices and alternatives to transplantation), and benign and malignant diseases of the esophagus and lungs. Since 1987, Dr. Blackstone has been Associate Editor of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. In 2005, he became an editorial consultant for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. He has published more than 500 articles and has received numerous awards
Affiliations and expertise
Head, Clinical Investigations, Heart and Vascular Institute, Staff, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic; Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USACT
Christo I. Tchervenkov
Dr. Christo I. Tchervenkov is the Director of Cardiovascular Surgery, the Montreal Children’s Hospital and senior surgeon at the Royal Victoria and the Montreal General Hospitals of the McGill University Health Centre. He is the Tony Dobell Chair of Pediatric Surgery and a Tenured Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Pediatric Surgery of the McGill University Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Tchervenkov has been the Director of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Montreal Children’s Hospital since 1991 and a senior surgeon at the Royal Victoria and Montreal General Hospitals. He is a past President of the Society of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery “Aldo R. Castañeda” and a Past President of the International Society for Nomenclature of Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease that has established the International Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code (IPCCC). Dr. Tchervenkov has practiced both Pediatric and Adult Cardiac Surgery in Montreal for 35 years and has authored approximately 200 scientific publications.
Affiliations and expertise
Tony Dobell Chair of Pediatric Surgery, Tenured Professor of Surgery, McGill University, Director, Cardiovascular Surgery, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaFP
Francis D. Pagani
Bio: Francis D. Pagani, MD PhD is the Otto Gago, MD Endowed Professor of Cardiac Surgery in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Michigan. Dr. Pagani is currently the Surgical Director for the Michigan Medicine, Frankel Cardiovascular Center’s, Center for Circulatory Support. Dr. Pagani’s clinical focus includes surgical therapies for advanced heart failure including heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support as well as complex re-operative valvular surgical, surgery for adult congenital heart disease, and surgery (i.e., surgical myectomy) for inherited cardiomyopathies including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Dr. Pagani’s research interests include translational investigations of stem cells for treatment of advanced heart failure, clinical and translational investigations of mechanical circulatory support devices, health outcomes research, and human factors research in patient safety in the operating room environment. Dr. Pagani now serves as the Chair of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Task Force. Dr. Pagani also serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dr. Pagani has authored 300 scientific publications.
Affiliations and expertise
Otto Gago, MD Endowed Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan., Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA