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By Robert M. Bojar. 562 pp., illustrated. Boston, Blackwell Scientific, 1992. $99.95. ISBN 0-86542-140-4.

An explosively growing scientific literature makes it ever more difficult for any reader to master the wealth of data in most fields of study. This holds particularly true for cardiac surgery, in which seemingly every aspect of current surgical practice has been studied in overwhelming detail. In order to assimilate all this information, some textbooks have become menacing tomes, manageable only for the most specific of inquiries. Others provide readability at the expense of detail, offering much fluff and few facts. In Adult Cardiac Surgery, Bojar has thoughtfully surveyed the length and breadth of the current practice of adult cardiac . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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