Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes Cardiac Surgery

**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Cardiac Surgery**

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

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

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

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.

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.