Coronary Artery Anomalies: A Comprehensive Approach

Coronary Artery Anomalies: A Comprehensive Approach Paolo Angelini, MD, Virginia D. Fairchild, MD, eds. 200 pp. Baltimore, Md: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1999. $159.00. ISBN 0-7817-1018-9. As William C. Roberts aptly states in his Foreword, Drs Angelini and Fairchild have done a splendid job, producing a book that will be a valuable resource for adult and pediatric cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons. Chapters 1 and 2 (Phylogeny and Ontogeny of the Coronary Arteries) are scholarly accounts of developmental biology that are nicely illustrated. Chapter 3 deals with coronary anomalies and bicuspid aortic valve in the Syrian hamster. Although the information is interesting, even enlightening, it is unclear why this topic was given the prominence …