dr. reitzs and yuh are proposing an essential and practical reference for congenital cardiac surgery, the book will cover the perioperative management of the congenital cardiac patient. preoperative material will include the cardiac evaluation, anesthetic consideration and myocardial protection. the bulk of the information will be in the operative management of the congenital lesions. the critical operative steps will be presented with original line art. the accompanying operative commentary will cover potential pitfalls and the steps to work out of them. the post operative information will include intensive care management, cardiopulmonary information, arrhythmias, fluids & electrolytes, and coagulation. the most important feature of this project is the care the authors will take to present only the most important and practical information