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Here are previews of what's new (or testimonies for old favorites) in the Texas Heart Institute Library and Learning Resource Center book collection.
February 2012 - Pathology Picks
Silver, Malcolm, Avrum Gotlieb and Frederick J. Schoen, eds. Clinical Pathology. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 2001.
THI Library catalog entry.
The third edition of Cardiovascular Pathology (2001) constitutes a comprehensive review of pathology of the cardiovascular system and lives up to its reputation as one of the top references in the field. Although intended for pathologists, cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons can benefit greatly from it as well due its wealth of clinicopathologic correlations. The book is organized in 24 chapters authored by highly distinguished contributors to the field, covering cardiac, arterial and venous disease, from anatomic/morphologic aspects to molecular mechanisms. Despite in-depth coverage of diverse topics, the text is quite didactic. The illustrations are sufficient although most are black and white. I consider it an invaluable resource and companion in my daily practice.
— reviewed by Dr. Deborah Vela, Senior Research Scientist, THI
If you like that book, you might also like . . .
Burke, Allen and Fabio Tavora. Practical Cardiovascular Pathology. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2011.
THI Library catalog entry.
Of Special Interest
Cooley, Denton A. 100,000 Hearts A Surgeon's Memoir. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2012.
Visit 100,000 Hearts website. THI Library catalog entry.
In his new memoir, 100,000 Hearts, Dr. Denton Cooley, founder of the Texas Heart Institute, tells about his childhood in Houston and his experiences as a basketball scholarship recipient at the University of Texas. After medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and Johns Hopkins, Cooley served in the Army Medical Corps. While at Johns Hopkins, Cooley assisted in a groundbreaking operation to correct an infant's congenital heart defect, which inspired him to specialize in heart surgery. Cooley's detailed descriptions of what it was like to be in the operating room at crucial points in medical history offer a fascinating perspective on how far medical science has progressed in just a few decades.
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Updated February 2012
