Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia

History of paediatric cardiac anaethesia; pathophysiological approach to congenital heart disease; cardiovascular embryology, foetal cardiovascular function and intrauterine cardiac therapy; neonatal myocardial and circulatory function; paediatric echocardiography; diagnostic cardiac catheterization, angiography and interventional catheterization; paediatric cardiac electrophysiology; preoperative evaluation and preparation of paediatric cardiac patients; paediatric anaesthesia pharmacology; anaesthesia for nonsurgical procedures in children cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology studies; monitoring the paediatric cardiac patient; extracorporeal circulation and circulatory assist devices in the paediatric patient; myocardial preservation; septal and endocardial cushion defects, double right ventricle, perioperative management; tetrology of fallot; transposition of the great vessels; hypoplastic left heart syndrome; anomalies of systemic and pulmonary venous returns; anomalies of the pulmonary valve and pulmonary circulation; abnormalities of the atrioventricular valves; anomalies of the aortic arch and valve; myocardial and coronary anomalies; heart and lung transplantation in children; postoperative care of the paediatric cardiac surgical patient; postoperative cardiac care; postoperative respiratory function and its management; anaesthesia for noncardiac surgery in children and adults with congenital heart disease.