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Edited by Glenn P. Gravlee, Richard F. Davis, and Joe R. Utley. 845 pp., illustrated. Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1993. $135. ISBN 0-683-03720-X.

This book, edited by three respected experts, fills the need for a suitable reference for its intended audience of anesthesiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, perfusionists, and all other physicians and health care personnel involved in the immediate postoperative care of cardiac surgical patients. It has five sections and provides valuable updates on several areas of pathophysiology and methodology relevant to cardiopulmonary bypass. Each of the 30 chapters is written by knowledgeable authors. The excellent first chapter is crucial to an understanding of the development of cardiopulmonary bypass and the astonishing progress made in cardiac surgery.

Section I, on physiologic and engineering foundations . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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