Full Description
This second edition brings paediatricians and trainees fully up to date with the latest developments in the rapidly changing field of paediatric cardiology.
Beginning with clinical assessment and diagnostic tools such as chest X-Ray and ECG, the following chapters discuss different disorders and diseases encountered in children, from hypertension and arrhythmias, to rheumatic fever, myocardial disease and Kawasaki disease. The final section provides dosages for numerous drugs.
The new edition has been fully updated and includes more than 200 images, illustrations and tables to enhance learning. Each chapter includes an extensive reference section or suggested reading for further information.
Key points
New edition presenting latest developments in paediatric cardiology
Covers diagnostic tools, and numerous diseases and disorders
Final section presents detailed drug dosage information
Previous edition published in 2008
Contents
Clinical Assessment of a Child with Heart Disease
X-ray Chest for Evaluation of Pediatric Heart Diseases
The ECG: A Practical Approach to the Pediatric Electrocardiogram
Imaging in Pediatric Cardiology
Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterizations in Children
Heart Failure in Children
Systemic Hypertension in Children
Pulmonary Hypertension in Children
Syncope in the Young
Chest Pain in Childhood
Arrhythmias in Children
Congenital Heart Disease Introduction, Epidemiology and Classification
Left-to-Right Shunts
Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease
Obstructive Acyanotic Congenital Heart Diseases
Miscellaneous Congenital Cardiac Conditions
Timing of Surgical or Catheter Intervention in Congenital Heart Disease
Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Diseases in Children
Myocardial Disease
Pericardial Disease
Infective Endocarditis in Children
Kawasaki Disease: Diagnosis and Management
Cardiac Manifestations in Systemic Illness
Fetal Cardiology
Diagnosis and Initial Management of Heart Disease in the Newborn
Cardiac Implications of Changing Lifestyle: Prevention of Adult Cardiovascular Disease
Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease
Catheter-based Interventions in Children
Surgery for Common Congenital Cardiac Defects
Pediatric Cardiac Postoperative Intensive Care
Follow-up of Children Following Cardiac Surgery and Percutaneous Interventions
Drug Dosages
