Pediatric patients require special attention to treating their cardiac conditions and preventing heart failure. Treatment for heart failure in children may involve professionals from multiple medical disciplines.
Heart Failure in Pediatric Patients describes the pathophysiology, classification and clinical presentation of heart failure in pediatric populations with an emphasis on infants with congenital heart disease.
Readers will learn about different modes of clinical investigations for pediatric heart patients as well as heart failure in conditions of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The book also presents chapters on the management of heart failure including surgery in critical conditions.
This book explains concepts with interesting images and videos that illustrate and accurately describe cases. it answers the needs of cardiology learners at different levels; undergraduate, postgraduate, specialists and allied professionals who will be able to benefit from the perspective of several cardiologists working at different regional medical centers.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
- Heart Failure in Pediatric Patients
Chapter 2
- Heart Failure in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
Chapter 3
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in the Pediatric Population
Chapter 4
- Role of Echocardiography in Heart Failure
Chapter 5
- Role of Cardiac Imaging in Heart Failure
Chapter 6
- Cardiac Catheterization and Endomyocardial Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Heart Failure in Children
Chapter 7
- Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure
Subject Index
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Author
- Mohammad El Tahlawi
