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Welcome to Cardiothoracic Surgery Notes, an online review developed by residents in cardiothoracic surgery. CTSN provides a resource for fundamental essential facts for board review and sources for additional information.

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Anatomy and Physiology

• Cardiac Anatomy
• Developmental Anatomy
• Echocardiography
• Physiology and Pharmacology
• Low Cardiac Output and Circulatory Support
• Assisted Circulation
• Hemorrhage and Thrombosis
• Myocardial Protection
• Cardiac Arrhythmias -Bradycardia
• Cardiac Arrhythmias -Tachycardia
• Cardiac Anesthesia

Congenital Heart Disease

• Palliative Operations
• Aortic Stenosis
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Pulmonary Stenosis and Atresia
• DORV & other malpositions
• Atrial Septal Defect
• Ventricular Septal Defect
• Atrioventricular Septal Defect
• Ebstein's Anomaly
• Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection and Cor Triatriatum
• Fistula
• Coronary Artery Anomalies
• Slings
• Transposition of Great Arteries
• Corrected Transposition
• Truncus Arteriosus
• Hypoplastic Left Ventricle
• Single Ventricle Anomalies
• Patent Ductus Arteriosus
• Coarctation of the Aorta

Pulmonary Disease

• Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures
• Pulmonary Physiology
• Lung Cancer
• Diagnosis & Staging of Lung Cancer
• Pulmonary Resection
• Surgery for Lung Cancer
• Pulmonary Metastases
• Superior Sulcus Tumors
• Oncogenes in Lung Cancer
• Lung Abscess, Bronchiectasis, and Empyema
• Pulmonary Fungus and Tuberculosis
• Tracheal Diseases
• Pulmonary Anomalies
• Bullous Emphysema
• The Pleura & Pleural Diseases
• Benign Pleural Disease
• Benign Respiratory Tract Tumors

Esophageal Disease

• Esophageal Diagnostic Procedures
• Esophageal Cancer
• Surgery for Esophageal Disease
• Esophageal Cancer -Palliation
• Esophageal Motility Disorders
• Congenital Esophageal Diseases, Burns & Strictures
• Benign Esophageal Disease
• Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia
• Molecular Biology of Lung & Esophageal Tumors

Mediastinal Disease

• The Mediastinum
• Diseases of the Diaphragm
• Chest Wall Anomalies and Tumors
• Thoracic Trauma
• Thoracic Outlet Compression Syndrome
• Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Coronary Artery Disease

• Coronary Artery Disease
• Acute Myocardial Infarction
• Coronary Artery Bypass
• Randomized Studies of CAB
• Non-surgical Revascularization
• Post-infarct Ventricular Aneurysm
• Post-infarct VSD and MR
• Combined Coronary & Carotid Disease

Valvular and Aortic Disease

• Aortic Valve Disease
• Mitral Valve Disease
• Tricuspid Valve Disease
• AV Valve Repair
• Selection of Prostheses
• Acute Aortic Dissection
• Aortic Aneurysm

Transplantation

• Recipient Selection
• Cardiac Transplantation
• Lung Transplantation
• Complications of Transplantation
• Transplantation Immunology

Miscellaneous Cardiac Diseases

• The Pericardium and Tamponade
• Cardiac Tumors
• Endocarditis
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

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