Adult Congenital Heart Disease (Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Cardiology)

Description

A practical approach to the investigation and treatment of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), this fully updated Oxford Specialist Handbook is a concise and accessible overview of a complex condition. Packed with straightforward advice, management strategies and key clinical points, it equips clinicians with a sound understanding of the principles and physiology of ACHD.

An ideal reference tool for cardiology trainees, general cardiologists and acute medicine physicians, this second edition of Adult Congenital Heart Disease has been fully reviewed to include new guidelines and increased illustations to aid understanding. Brand new chapters on epidemiology, heart failure, device therapy and transition and transfer of care ensure that Adult Congenital Heart Disease remains the definitive guide to supporting clinicians throughout all aspects of the patient's care.

• Provides a concise and practical approach to a complex condition
• Uses bullet points and an easy-to-assimilate format to provide accessible information on treatment, management and physiology of adult congenital heart disease
• Fully updated with new guidelines and brand new chapters ensuring that all aspects of the patient's care and quality of life are comprehensively covered
• Aims to support both cardiology trainees and junior doctors as well as clinicians encountering an adult with congenital heart disease in the emergency department by providing a sound understanding of ACHD and the tools to meet this challenging condition
• Extensively illustrated and complete with a colour plates section to aid understanding of specific conditions

New to this Edition:

• Fully updated with new guidelines
• Increased use of illustrations to aid understanding of conditions
• Brand new chapters on epidemiology, heart failure, device therapy and transition and transfer of care
• Increased focus on the patient's quality of life 

Contents

Part 1. Introduction to adult congenital heart disease
1: Epidemiology of adult congenital heart disease, Sarah Bowater
2: Morphology and classification, Sara Thorne and Phil Botha
3: Non-invasive imaging, Lucy Hudsmith
4: Physiological testing, Paul Clift and Sarah Bowater
5: Cardiac catheterization, Paul Clift and Sayqa Arif
6: Influence of pulmonary blood flow on management and outcome, Sara Thorne
7: Cyanosis, Sara Thorne
Part 2. Specific lesions
8: Valve and outflow tract lesions, Sarah Bowater
9: Septal defects, Lucy Hudsmith and Sayqa Arif
10: The Eisenmerger syndrome, Sarah Bowater and Paul Clift
11: Aortic lesions, Paul Clift
12: Venous anomalies, Sarah Bowater
13: Transposition complexes, Sarah Bowater
14: Tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia with VSD
15: Functionally univentricular hearts and Fontan circulation, Paul Clift, Sarah Bowater and Phil Botha
16: Pulmonary hypertension in ACHD, Sarah Bowater and Paul Clift
17: Rare conditions presenting in adulthood, Sarah Bowater
3. General management issues of adult congenital heart disease
18: Emergencies, Lucy Hudsmith and Sarah Bowater
19: Heart failure in ACHD, Sarah Bowater
20: Device therapy in ACHD, Sayqa Arif
21: Contraception and pregnancy, Lucy Hudsmith
22: Endocarditis, Sara Thorne
23: Transition and transfer of care, Nicola Pope
24: Lifestyle issues, Nicola Pope and Sarah Bowater

Author Information

Edited by Sara Thorne, Consultant Cardiologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, and Sarah Bowater, Consultant Cardiologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

Dr Sara Thorne is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK. Dr Thorne founded the hospital's Adult Cogenital Heart Disease Unit in 2000 having previously been a consultant at the Royal Brompton Hospital. She lectures nationallya nd itnernationally on congenital heart disease and cardiac disease and pregnancy, and is a lead consultant for training in adult congenital heart disease.

Dr Sarah Bowater is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK. She joined the Adult Congenital Heart Disease unit in 2014 after completing training in congenital heart disease in Birmingham. Her specialist interests included the management of advanced congenital heart disease, and she is developing a programme of supportive care in congenital heart disease and heart failure. She also has experise in pregnancy in heart disease.

Contributors:

Sayqa Arif, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
Phil Botha, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Sarah Bowater, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Paul Clift, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
Lucy Hudsmith, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK 
Nicola Pope, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK 
Sara Thorne, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK