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Joseph W Turek

Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Distinguished Professor of Surgery
Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
DUMC3474, Durham, NC 27710
2301 Erwin Road, DUMC 3474, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works - Book sections


Clinical guideline development

Book section · January 1, 2026 Clinical guidelines are aimed at optimizing standards of care and distillation of research into tangible recommendations. These broader goals are accomplished by providing an assessment of the risks and benefits of treatments based on a systemic review of ... Full text Cite

Management of Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Book section · January 1, 2023 The development of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and the modern era of open-heart surgery arose from early attempts to correct intracardiac congenital heart defects in children using extracorporeal circulation. This chapter explains that the safe performanc ... Full text Cite

Mitral valve disease

Book section · January 1, 2018 Congenital mitral valve disease is rarely seen in isolation. It is more commonly associated with complex congenital defects, including Shone’s complex, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, transposition of the great arteries, and connective tissue diseases. Sy ... Full text Cite

Transventricular approaches to pulmonary valve replacement

Book section · January 1, 2016 With over 100,000 Americans currently surviving with repaired tetralogy of Fallot and ever-lowering thresholds for pulmonary valve replacement, interventions on the right ventricular outflow tract will continue to drive the practice of reoperative congenit ... Full text Cite

Cardiac tumors

Book section · January 5, 2012 Cite