Pediatric Cardiology: Requisites

✍ Scribed by Victoria L. Vetter

• Publisher: Mosby
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 382
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This new title in the REQUISITES IN PEDIATRICS series guides you through evaluation of the pediatric heart patient with the most common congenital and acquired diseases. As in other volumes in the Pediatric Requisites series, this volume provides rapid-reference features such as uniform, consistently formatted chapters; tables of differential diagnosis; lab values/radiologic studies; treatment/therapy options; and guidance on when to refer. At the end of each chapter, a list of key points helps you study for boards or recertification. Extensive illustrations include EKGs, as well as chest x-rays, echocardiograms, angiograms, and MRIs, to help you understand when to order and how to interpret these tests. Perfect for exam review or quick reference, this is one resource you'll consult again and again.Consistently formatted chapters make it easy to find the information you need quickly.Extensive tables expedite quick reference."When to refer" information help you to investigate all options before referral.Excellent resource for board study.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Dedication......Page 3
Contributors......Page 8
Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Pediatric Evaluation of the Cardiac Patient......Page 17
Critical Heart Disease in the Newborn......Page 47
Cyanotic Heart Disease......Page 67
Acyanotic Congenital Heart Defects......Page 95
Cardiomyopathy......Page 113
Acquired Heart Disease......Page 127
Kawasaki Disease......Page 147
The Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease......Page 161
Heart Failure in Pediatrics......Page 175
Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death......Page 187
The Use of Cardiac Catheterization to Diagnose and Treat Heart Disease in Pediatric Patients......Page 211
Fetal Cardiovascular Disease......Page 239
Pharmacologic Treatment of Heart Disease......Page 253
Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease......Page 293
Special Considerations in Children and Young Adults with Heart Disease......Page 337
Preventive Cardiology......Page 351
Index......Page 375