Heart Diseases in Children. a Pediatrician's Guide

ABOUT THIS BOOK

As front line health care providers for children, pediatricians are entrusted with the responsibility for discovering early signs of heart diseases in this complex patient population. Especially in the newborn period, the presentation of pediatric heart disease is frequently obscure, and the consequences of these illnesses can be devastating if not caught early and managed correctly.

This comprehensive, easy to understand book is a ready guide to acquiring the proficiency and confidence necessary to decipher the wide spectrum of disease presentations. Case scenarios give life to each chapter, with key images and illustrations reinforcing notable concepts. Special attention is given to the interpretation of chest radiographs and the role of echocardiography and catheterization. All chapters are dual authored by an academic cardiologist and a practicing general pediatrician, resulting in this book's elegant blend of medical authority, real life value, and fresh practical viewpoints.

Heart Diseases in Children: A Pediatrician's Guide is divided into four sections. The first is an overall approach to heart diseases in children with ample discussion to diagnostic testing. The second and third sections cover the spectrum of congenital heart defects and acquired heart diseases. The fourth section prsents issues related to office cardiology. The book concludes with an extensive drug appendix. Significant and meaningful online complements, heart sounds and murmurs are available at www.pedcard.rush.edu providing practitioners the materials necessary to build confidence in their ausculatory skills.

This unique book is a go-to resource for pediatricians, pediatric residents, family practitioners, medical students and nurses, conveying essential information for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric heart diseases.

Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Keywords » Children - Diseases - Heart
Related subjects » Medicine - Pediatrics

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I Approach to Heart Diseases in Children

• Chapter 1 Cardiac History and Physical Examination
  W. Reid Thompson
  Surabhi Mona Mehrotra
• Chapter 2 Cardiac Interpretation of Pediatric Chest x-Ray
  Ra-id Abdulla
• Chapter 3 Electrocardiography: Approach and Interpretation
  Ra-id Abdulla
• Chapter 4 Pediatric Echocardiography
  W. Reid Thompson
  Thea Yosowitz
• Chapter 5 Cardiac Catheterization in Children: Diagnosis and Therapy
  Ziyad M. Hijazi
  Anas Saleh Lutfi Taqatqa
  Umang Gupta
  Ra-id Abdulla

Part II Congenital Heart Diseases

• Chapter 6 Atrial Septal Defect
  Ra-id Abdulla
  Austin Hanrahan
• Chapter 7 Ventricular Septal Defect
  Omar M. Khalid
  Ra-id Abdulla
• Chapter 8 Patent Ductus Arteriosus
  Omar M. Khalid
  Jacquelyn Busse
• Chapter 9 Atrioventricular Canal Defect
  Omar M. Khalid
  Surabhi Mona Mehrotra
• Chapter 10 Pulmonary Stenosis
  Joan F. Hoffman
  Surabhi Mona Mehrotra
• Chapter 11 Aortic Stenosis
  Kathryn W. Holmes
  Megan A. McCarville
• Chapter 12 Coarctation of the Aorta
  Sawsan Mokhtar M. Awad
  Megan A. McCarville
• Chapter 13 Tetralogy of Fallot
  Douglas M Luxenberg
  Laura Torchen
• Chapter 14 Double Outlet Right Ventricle
  Douglas M Luxenberg
  Jacquelyn Busse
• Chapter 15 Transposition of the Great Arteries
  Douglas M Luxenberg
  Megan A. McCarville
• Chapter 16 Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum
  Zahra J. Naheed
  Daniel E. Felten
• Chapter 17 Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect
  Karim Assad Diab
  Thea Yosowitz
• Chapter 18 Tricuspid Atresia
  Karim Assad Diab
  Daniel E. Felten
• Chapter 19 Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
  Karim Assad Diab
  Daniel E. Felten
• Chapter 20 Truncus Arteriosus
  Joan F. Hoffman
  Thea Yosowitz
• Chapter 21 Single Ventricle
  Sawsan Mokhtar M. Awad
  Ra-id Abdulla
• Chapter 22 Complex Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease: The Heterotaxy Syndrome
  Joan F. Hoffman
  Shannon M. Buckvold
  Jackie Busse
• Chapter 23 Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
  Sawsan Mokhtar M. Awad
  Jacquelyn Busse
• Chapter 24 Ebstein’s Anomaly
  Russell Robert Cross
  Ra-id Abdulla
• Chapter 25 Vascular Ring
  Ra-id Abdulla
• Chapter 26 Congenital Abnormalities of Coronary Arteries
  Russell Robert Cross
  Daniel E. Felten

Part III Acquired Heart Diseases in Children

• Chapter 27 Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
  Sawsan Mokhtar M. Awad
  Daniel E. Felten
• Chapter 28 Kawasaki
  Rami Kharouf
  Daniel E. Felten
• Chapter 29 Infective Endocarditis
  Rami Kharouf
  Laura Torchen
• Chapter 30 Myocarditis
  Rami Kharouf
  Laura Torchen
• Chapter 31 Cardiomyopathy
  Zahra J. Naheed
  Laura Torchen
• Chapter 32 Cardiac Arrhythmia
  William J. Bonney
  Ra-id Abdulla
• Part IV Office Cardiology
• Chapter 33 Hypertension
  Shada J Alanani
  Ra-id Abdulla
• Chapter 34 Syncope
  Yolandee R. Bell-Cheddar
  Ra-id Abdulla
• Chapter 35 Chest Pain
  Ismael Gonzalez
  Ra-id Abdulla
• Chapter 36 Innocent heart murmurs
  Ra-id Abdulla
• Chapter 37 Obesity and Dyslipidemia
  Kathryn W. Holmes
  Jackie Busse

Appendix Drugs in Pediatric Cardiology
Paul N. Severin
Beth Shields
Joan Hoffman
Sawsan Mokhtar M. Awad
William J. Bonney
Edmundo P. Cortez
Rani Ganesan
Aloka Patel
Steve Barnes
Sean Barnes
Shada Al-Anani
Umang Gupta
Yolandee Bell Cheddar
Ra-id Abdulla