Recommended Reading List

THORACIC EXAMINATIONS

Textbooks:

• Thoracic and oesophageal surgery.  Pearson et al., Churchill & Livingstone
• Gibbons Textbook on Thoracic Surgery
• Shields Textbook on General Thoracic Surgery, Williams & Wilkins
• Glenns Textbook on Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Appleton & Lange
• Textbook on Paediatric Thoracic Surgery
• Surgery of the Chest. Sabiston, David C, Spencer. Saunders

Journals:

• Annals of Thoracic Surgery
• Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

CARDIOVASCULAR EXAMINATIONS

Textbooks:

• Cardiac Surgery: morphology diagnostic criteria, natural history, techniques, results and indications.  Kirklin JW, Barrat-Boyes BG. Churchill-Livingstone
• Surgery of the Chest. Sabiston, David C, Spencer. Saunders
• Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects. Stark J, De Leval M. Saunders

Journals:

• Annals of Thoracic Surgery
• Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
• European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
• Cardiovascular Surgery
• The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation