CSiI Recommended Reading For Curricula Study
CSiI Open Learning Venture National Teacher Group may use the following titles and editions unless otherwise specified. Our passionate and esteemed national Teachers course director and content developers will also strive to recommend readings that are available online free of charge from time to time. On-site Voluntary Program Directors (will be identified and informed when appointed) may want make available the following titles at their respective institutions, particularly those texts which are not currently available online.
Cardiac and Thoracic Textbooks
- Cohn LH, Cardiac Surgery in the Adult, Third Edition, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2008.
- Yuh DD, Vricella LA, Baumgartner WA, The Johns Hopkins Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
- Shields TW, LoCicero J, Reed CE, Feins RH (eds), General Thoracic Surgery, Seventh Edition, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
- Shields TW, LoCicero J, Ponn RB, Rusch V (eds), General Thoracic Surgery, Sixth Edition, Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
- Yuh DD, Vricella LA, Baumgartner WA, The Johns Hopkins Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
- Patterson GA, Pearson FG, Cooper JD, Deslauriers J, Rice TW, Luketich JD, Lerut AEM, Pearson’s Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery, Third Edition, Elsevier, 2008.
- Moorjani N, Viola N, Ohri SK, Key Questions in Cardiac Surgery, TFM Publishing, UK, 2011.
- Pearson, FG, Cooper JD, DesLauriers J, Ginsberg RJ, Heibert G, Patterson GA, Urschel HC, ThoracicSurgery, Second Edition, Elsevier, 2002.
- Ferguson MK (ed), Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery: An Evidence Based Approach, Second Edition, London, Springer-Verlag, 2011.
- Ferguson MK (ed), Thoracic Surgery Atlas, Elsevier, 2007.
- Mavroudis C, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Third Edition, New York, Mosby, 2003.
- Kouchoukos N, Blackstone E, Doty D, Hanley F, Karp R, Cardiac Surgery: Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes, Third Edition, Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2003.
- Mountain CF, Libshit, HI, Hermes KE, Lung Cancer: A Handbook for Staging, Imaging, and Lymph Node Classification, Houston, TX, Mountain and Libshitz, 2003.
- Stephenson LW, Rodengen LW, State of the Heart, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Write Stuff Enterprises, 1999.
Cardiac and Thoracic Journals and Websites:
- 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.
- Circulation, American Heart Association, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).
- Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, (JCVA) European Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists, Elsevier.
- European Heart Journal, European Society of Cardiology, Oxford University Press.
- Thoracic Surgery Clinics (TSC), Elsevier.
- Chest, The American College of Chest Surgeons.
- Diseases of the Esophagus, International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus, Blackwell.
- Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO), International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
- Related Cardiac and Thoracic Journals/WebsitesJournal of Vascular Surgery (JVS), Society for Vascular Surgery, Elsevier.
- Heart Surgery Forum (HSF), Forum Multimedia.
- American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), American Thoracic Society.
- Critical Care Medicine, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
- 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 Online Resources:
- Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery (MMCTS), European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.
- CTSNet Video Watch
- Adult Cardiac Literature Watch, CTSNet.
- Thoracic Literature Watch, CTSNet.
- Congenital Literature Watch, CTSNet.
- Washington University Thoracic Surgery CME Online Presentations
- SurgyTec Thoracic Surgery Videos (Free Membership)