Full Description
Providing authoritative, everyday guidance in the diagnosis and management of children with congenital and acquired heart disease, Park's Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners is the go-to reference of choice for pediatricians, family practitioners, NPs, and PAs-as well as medical students, residents, and fellows. The 7th Edition of this core text comprehensively covers every aspect of pediatric cardiology in an easy-to-read, practical manner for the non-specialist, bringing you completely up to date with all that's new in this fast-changing field.
Covers everything from history and physical examination through preventative treatment and the management of special problems
Incorporates all of the latest concepts and most recent developments in pediatric cardiology
Offers highly accessible content through the extensive use of numbered lists, easy-to-use tables, and explanatory graphs and diagrams
Features new chapter outlines, as well as a new larger size and two-color format for greater readability
Provides fresh perspectives and expertise from new author Dr. Mehrdad Salamat, who joins Dr. Park for this 7th Edition
Synthesizes the most important references for generalists in a Suggested Readings section, ideal for additional reading in greater depth
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
Contents
PART 1 Basic Tools in Routine Evaluation of Cardiac Patients
1. History Taking
2. Physical Examination
3. Electrocardiography
4. Chest Radiography
PART 2 Special Tools in Evaluation of Cardiac Patients
5. Noninvasive Imaging Tools
6. Other Noninvasive Investigation Tools
7. Invasive Procedures
PART 3 Pathophysiology
8. Fetal and Perinatal Circulation
9. Pathophysiology of Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions
10. Pathophysiology of Obstructive and Valvular Regurgitant Lesions
11. Pathophysiology of Cyanotic Congenital Heart Defects
PART 4 Specific Congenital Heart Defects
12. Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions
13. Obstructive Lesions
14. Cyanotic Congenital Heart Defects
15. Miscellaneous Congenital Cardiac Conditions
16. Vascular Ring
17. Chamber Localization and Cardiac Malposition
PART 5 Acquired Heart Disease
18. Primary Myocardial Disease
19. Cardiovascular Infections
20. Acute Rheumatic Fever
21. Valvular Heart Disease
22. Cardiac Tumors
23. Cardiovascular Involvement in Systemic Diseases
PART 6 Arrhythmias and Atrioventricular Conduction Disturbances
24. Cardiac Arrhythmias
25. Disturbances of Atrioventricular Conduction
26. Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter- Defibrillators in Children
PART 7 Special Problems
27. Congestive Heart Failure
28. Systemic Hypertension
29. Pulmonary Hypertension
30. The Child with Chest Pain
31. Syncope
32. Palpitation
33. Dyslipidemia and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors
34. Pediatric Preventive Cardiology
35. Athletes with Cardiac Problems
36. Cardiac Transplantation
APPENDICES
A. Miscellaneous
B. Blood Pressure Values
C. Cardiovascular Risk Factors
D. Normal Echocardiographic Values
E. Drugs Used in Pediatric Cardiology
