? - Covers everything from history and physical examination through preventative treatment and the management of special problems.
- Incorporates all of the latest concepts and most recent developments in pediatric cardiology.
- Offers highly accessible content through the extensive use of numbered lists, easy-to-use tables, and explanatory graphs and diagrams.
- Features new chapter outlines, as well as a new larger size and two-color format for greater readability.
- Provides fresh perspectives and expertise from new author Dr. Mehrdad Salamat, who joins Dr. Park for this 7th Edition.
- Synthesizes the most important references for generalists in a Suggested Readings section, ideal for additional reading in greater depth.
Table of Contents
PART 1 Basic Tools in Routine Evaluation of Cardiac Patients1 History Taking2 Physical Examination3 Electrocardiography4 Chest RadiographyPART 2 Special Tools in Evaluation of Cardiac Patients5 Noninvasive Imaging Tools6 Other Noninvasive Investigation Tools7 Invasive ProceduresPART 3 Pathophysiology8 Fetal and Perinatal Circulation9 Pathophysiology of Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions10 Pathophysiology of Obstructive and Valvular Regurgitant Lesions11 Pathophysiology of Cyanotic Congenital Heart DefectsPART 4 Specific Congenital Heart Defects12 Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions13 Obstructive Lesions14 Cyanotic Congenital Heart Defects15 Miscellaneous Congenital Cardiac Conditions16 Vascular Ring17 Chamber Localization and Cardiac MalpositionPART 5 Acquired Heart Disease18 Primary Myocardial Disease19 Cardiovascular Infections20 Acute Rheumatic Fever21 Valvular Heart Disease22 Cardiac Tumors23 Cardiovascular Involvement in Systemic DiseasesPART 6 Arrhythmias and Atrioventricular Conduction Disturbances24 Cardiac Arrhythmias25 Disturbances of Atrioventricular Conduction26 Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter- Defibrillators in ChildrenPART 7 Special Problems27 Congestive Heart Failure28 Systemic Hypertension29 Pulmonary Hypertension30 The Child with Chest Pain31 Syncope32 Palpitation33 Dyslipidemia and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors34 Pediatric Preventive Cardiology35 Athletes with Cardiac Problems36 Cardiac Transplantation
APPENDICESA MiscellaneousB Blood Pressure ValuesC Cardiovascular Risk FactorsD Normal Echocardiographic ValuesE Drugs Used in Pediatric Cardiology
