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Over the course of his career Dr Jonas has authored and edited six major books in cardiac surgery, several of which remain among the most widely used textbooks in the field.
1. Kirklin JW, Barratt-Boyes BG [Associate Authors: Blackstone EH, Jonas RA, Kouchoukos NT]. Cardiac Surgery: Morphology, Diagnostic Criteria, Natural History, Techniques, Results and Indications. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1992.



2. Castaneda AR, Jonas RA, Mayer JE, Hanley FL. Cardiac Surgery of the Neonate and Infant. New York, W.B. Saunders, 1994.

3. Jonas RA, Elliott MJ (eds). Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Neonates, Infants and Small Children. London, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1994.

4. Jonas RA, Newburger JW, Volpe JJ (eds). Brain Injury and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1995.

5. Jonas RA. Comprehensive Surgical Management of Congenital Heart Disease. London, Hodder-Arnold, 2004.

6. Jonas RA. Comprehensive Surgical Management of Congenital Heart Disease, 2nd Edition. Boca Raton, Taylor and Francis, 2014.
