Cardiovascular surgery essentials for cardiologists

The publication was prepared by a team of authors - practicing cardiac surgeons of the Military Medical Academy. S. M. Kirov, St. Petersburg Medical University. I.P. Pavlov, St. Petersburg Pediatric Medical Academy, Research Institute of Transplantology named after V.I. Shumakova - edited by N. N. Shikhverdiev and G. G. Khubulava.
Nazim Shikhverdiev - a cardiac surgeon, professor, doctor of medical sciences, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation.
Gennady Khubulava - a cardiac surgeon, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation.
The book sets out the historical stages of development of cardiac surgery and the main possibilities of modern cardiac surgery are considered. The issues of the natural course of heart diseases, practical approaches to the determination of indications for surgical treatment of heart defects, the modern possibilities of surgical treatment of heart failure, coronary heart disease, and described the basic ... are highlighted