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By Harris B. Shumacker, Jr. 476 pp., illustrated. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1992. $57.50. ISBN 0-253-35221-5.

Modern-day open-heart surgery -- the quintessence of high-technology surgical therapy -- often boggles the minds of patients, referring physicians, and even practitioners of cardiac surgery. We have arrived at this apogee of technology as the result of an enormous amount of laboratory and clinical research coupled with the artistry and courage of surgeons operating on the human heart, a story that begins literally hundreds of years ago.

The Evolution of Cardiac Surgery documents the development of virtually all major cardiac, intrathoracic vascular, and cardiac-device operations from their origins to the present time. The author, a well-respected surgeon and trainer of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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