Diagnosis and Management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease (Online and Print)

Description

Designed to meet the needs of clinicians working with adults with congenital heart disease, Diagnosis and Management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease , by Drs. Michael A. Gatzoulis, Gary D. Webb, and Piers E. F. Daubeney, offers essential guidance on the anatomical issues, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment options available to practitioners today. This latest editionfeatures completely updated content, including new information for nurses and nurse practitioners who, now more than ever, are playing an important role in the care of adults with CHD. You'llalso access four new chapters, illustrated congenital defects, coverage of long-term outcomes, and much more.

Key Features

• Drs. Gatzoulis, Webb, andDaubeney lead a team of experts ideally positioned to provide state-of-the-art global coverage of this increasingly important topic.
• Eachdisease-orientedchapteriswritten to a highly structured templateand provides key information on incidence, genetics, morphology, presentation, investigation and imaging, and treatment and intervention.
• Congenital defects are illustratedwith full-color line drawings and by the appropriate imaging modality (for example, EKG, x-ray, echocardiogram, MRI, CT, ).
• Provides coverage of long-term outcomes, including the management of pregnant patients and patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery.
• Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase.This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, videos, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Contents

Part 1: General Principles

• AdultswithCongenitalHeartDisease: A GrowingPopulation
• A Historic Perspective
• CardiacMorphology and Nomenclature
• AdultswithCongenitalHeartDisease: A GeneticPerspective
• ClinicalAssessment
• Echocardiography
• Exercise and Training
• Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• CardiacComputedTomography
• CatheterInterventions in AdultPatientswithCongenitalHeartDisease
• Late Repair and Reoperations in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
• VenousShunts and theFontanCirculation in AdultCongenitalHeartDisease
• Late Complications Following The Fontan Operation
• Heart and LungTransplantation in AdultCongenitalHeartDisease
• NoncardiacSurgery in AdultCongenitalHeartDisease
• CriticalCare
• Arrhythmias in theAdultwithCongenitalHeartDisease
• InvasiveElectrophysiology
• DevicesincludingAICDs and CardiacResynchronizationTherapy
• Infective Endocarditis
• Transition of CarefromPediatrics
• Pregnancy and Contraception
• Obstetric and CardiacAnesthesia
• Nursing in ACHD and PAH
• PsychosocialIssues in ACHD
• Supportive and PalliativeCareforAdultswithCongenitalHeartDisease
• Anesthesia in AdultCongenitalHeartDisease, IncludingAnesthesiaforNoncardiacSurgery
• Insurability of AdultswithCongenitalHeartDisease

Part 2: Septal Defects

• Atrial Septal Defect
• Ventricular Septal Defect
• AtrioventricularSeptalDefect: Complete and Partial (Ostium Primum Atrial SeptalDefect)

Part 3: Diseases of the Mitral Valve

• CorTriatriatum and Congenital Mitral Stenosis
• Mitral Valve Prolapse, Mitral Regurgitation
• PartialAnomalousPulmonaryVenousConnection and theScimitarSyndrome

Part 4: Diseases of the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract

• Valvular Aortic Stenosis
• Subvalvar and SupravalvarAorticStenosis
• AorticRegurgitation
• Sinus of ValsalvaAneurysms

Part 5: Diseases of the Aorta

• PatentDuctusArteriosus and AortopulmonaryWindow
• AorticCoarctation and InterruptedAorticArch
• TruncusArteriosus
• TracheoesophagealCompression in CongenitalHeartDisease: Vascular Rings, PulmonarySlings and Other Vascular Abnormalities

Part 6: Diseases of the Tricuspid Valve

• EbsteinAnomaly
• TricuspidStenosis and Regurgitation

Part 7: Diseases of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract

• PulmonaryStenosis
• Double-ChamberedRightVentricle

Part 8: Cyanotic Conditions

• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular SeptalDefect
• TheAbsentPulmonaryValveSyndrome
• Pulmonary Atresia withIntact Ventricular Septum
• Transposition of the Great Arteries
• Eisenmenge'sSyndrome
• CongenitallyCorrectedTransposition of the Great Arteries
• Double-OutletRightVentricle

Part 9: Univentricular Hearts

• Double-InletVentricle
• AtrioventricularValve Atresia
• Isomerism (Heterotaxia)

Part 10: Coronary Artery Abnormalities

• CongenitalAnomalies of theCoronaryArteries
• Kawasaki'sDisease

Part 11: Other Lesions

• Myocarditis and DilatedCardiomyopathy
• HypertrophicCardiomyopathy
• Constrictive Pericarditis and RestrictiveCardiomyopathy
• ArrhythmogenicRight Ventricular Dysplasia
• Non-Compacted Myocardium
• RheumaticFever
• CardiacTumors
• MarfanSyndrome: A Cardiovascular Perspective
• PrimaryPulmonaryHypertension

Selected Terms Used in Adult Congenital Heart Disease