TSDA Weekly Curricula Readings and References

TSDA Weekly Curricula e-mail content references the following titles and editions unless otherwise specified. TSDA Weekly Curricula editors strive to recommend readings that are available online free of charge. Program directors may want to commit to making available the following titles at their respective institutions, particularly those texts which are not currently available online.

Cardiac Books

Cohn, L.H., Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, Third Edition, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2008. 

Kouchoukos, N., Blackstone, E., Doty, D., Hanley, F., Karp, R., (eds), Cardiac Surgery: Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes, Third Edition, Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2003.

Yuh, D.D., Vricella, L.A., Baumgartner, W.A., (eds), The Johns Hopkins Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2007.

Stephenson, L.W., Rodengen, L.W., State of the Heart, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Write Stuff Enterprises, 1999.

Cardiac Journals

Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

Circulation, American Heart Association, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, (JCVA) European Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists, Elsevier.

Related Cardiac Journals

Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS), Society for Vascular Surgery, Elsevier.

Heart Surgery Forum (HSF), Forum Multimedia.

Thoracic Books

Pearson, F.G., Cooper, J.D., DesLauriers, J., Ginsberg, R.J., Heibert, G., Patterson, G.A., Urschel, H.C., Thoracic Surgery, Second Edition, Elsevier, 2002.

Shields, T.W., LoCicero, J., Ponn, R.B., Rusch, V. (eds), General Thoracic Surgery, Sixth Edition, Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.

Ferguson, M.K. (ed), Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery: An Evidence Based Approach, London, Springer, 2007.

Ferguson, M.K. (ed), Thoracic Surgery Atlas, Elsevier, 2007.

Mountain, C.F., Libshitz, H.I., Hermes, K.E., Lung Cancer: A Handbook for Staging, Imaging, and Lymph Node Classification, Houston, TX, Mountain and Libshitz, 2003.

Thoracic Journals

Thoracic Surgery Clinics (TSC), Elsevier. 

Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO), International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Chest, The American College of Chest Surgeons.

Diseases of the Esophagus, International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus, Blackwell.

Related Thoracic Journals

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), American Thoracic Society.

Critical Care Medicine, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Cardiac and Thoracic Journals

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery (ATS), The Society of Thoracic Surgery, Elsevier.

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (JTCVS), The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Mosby.

The European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EJCTS), European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Elsevier. 
 
Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (STCS), American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Elsevier.

Related Cardiac and Thoracic Journals

New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Massachusetts Medical Society.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (JHLT), International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Elsevier.

Cardiac and Thoracic Multimedia Resources

Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery (MMCTS), Turina, M.I. (ed), European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.

CTSNet Video Watch

Adult Cardiac Literature Watch, CTSNet.

Thoracic Literature Watch, CTSNet.

Congenital Literature Watch , CTSNet.