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This is a revision and learning aid that contains the 200 single best question and answer topics in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Questions cover topics that are particularly important from a specialty examination perspective. Detailed answers are included to further enhance knowledge and understanding. Authored by an experienced clinician, lecturer and author Dr Shahzad G Raja, this book understands which questions candidates find most challenging and offers a lifeline to those in particular who must revisit the subject for their specialty exams in Cardiothoracic Surgery. It responds directly to the increasing use of SBAs as an examination style in postgraduate examinations. Questions integrate relevant basic science and pathology with clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery. Realistic, case-based questions cover important pathologies. Multi-dimensional questions encourage problem solving, helping candidates connect together multiple pieces of information as clinicians do with real patients. The book provides detailed explanations for each correct answer. Challenging questions enhance preparation for harder exam questions. This book should be part of the armoury of every specialty exam candidate in Cardiothoracic Surgery as well as a resource for residents in Cardiothoracic Surgery.

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Shahzad G. Raja, BSc., MBBS (Hons), MRCS, FRCS(C-Th) graduated from King Edward Medical College, Lahore (Pakistan) as Best All-round Graduate in 1996 and carried out his basic surgical training at Mayo Hospital, Lahore (Pakistan). He passed MRCS from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2001 and Intercollegiate Board Examination in Cardiothoracic Surgery in 2009. He received his specialty training in Cardiothoracic Surgery in Glasgow University Hospitals, Glasgow, Harefield Hospital, London and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. He is currently working as a Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Harefield Hospital, London. He has vastly published in peer-reviewed medical journals, contributed chapters to Cardiac Surgical Textbooks as well as edited books for undergraduate and postgraduate examinations. His interests lie in medical writing, undergraduate teaching and medical education.

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