This clinical casebook is comprised of surgical cases involving the most important
cardiovascular diseases in a concise easy-to-read format (5x8 in trim size like other titles
in this burgeoning informal product line in the Springer clinical medicine program). Each
chapter is a case that opens with a unique clinical presentation followed by a description of
the diagnosis assessment and management techniques used to treat it as well as questions and
answers (between 8 and 10) about relevant aspects related to the diagnosis and treatment of the
addressed disease. The Q&A section will broaden discussion and increase the title's pedagogical
value. The casebook features 40 surgical cases in the following thematic areas: Aortic Disease
Arrhythmias Cardiac Tumors Coronary Insufficiency Congenital Heart Disease Endovascular
Therapies Heart Failure Heart Transplantation Mechanical Circulatory Support Pericardial
Disease Pulmonary Embolism and Valvular Heart Disease. This book will be prepared by the
Brazilian Department for Academic Leagues of Cardiovascular Surgery within the Brazilian
Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (BSCVS). This department is the section within BSCVS that
consists of the academic leagues of cardiovascular surgery from each university throughout the
country. In Brazil medical academic leagues are organizations that gathers students interns
and residents to discuss a certain topic and promote research and teaching-oriented extra-class
activities supervised by a group of professors. Thus trainees will have involvement in writing
the chapters and the senior professor supervisors will edit and finalize the work. Basically
each chapter is written by an intern or resident and ultimately his her supervisor. As the
books volume editors doctors Almeida and Jatene will have final responsibility for the cases
and overall manuscript.
