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.
Table of 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
