ISBN : 9780198759447
A comprehensive guide to the assessment, diagnosis, investigation and management of complex clinical scenarios in congenital cardiovascular medicine. Challenging Concepts in Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease in the Young contains a series of challenging concepts in paediatric cardiology covering all subspecialty areas including general paediatric cardiology, intervention, cardiac imaging, electrophysiology, heart failure and cardiomyopathies, cardiac devices, transplant medicine, epidemiology and foetal cardiology.
Each case provides an in-depth review of current practice, the application of national and international guidelines and a summary of evidence from the medical literature. Data sets, investigation results and cardiac imaging give the reader a 'real-life' sense of being in the outpatient clinic, emergency room, cardiac intensive care unit or cardiac catheterisation laboratory. Each case is punctuated by 'Clinical Tips', 'Learning Points' and 'Landmark Trial Summaries' to enhance the learning process alongside an 'Expert Commentary' written by internationally-renowned leaders in the field of paediatric cardiology.
This book will appeal to all those involved in the treatment of congenital patients; Paediatric Cardiology Trainees, Paediatricians with an interest in Cardiology, Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Trainees, Paediatric Cardiology Consultants, ACHD Consultants, Congenital Paediatric Nurses, Congenital Adult Nurses, Cardiac Physiologists and Echocardiographers.
1 Author: David Lloyd Experts: John Simpson and Vita Zidere: Foetal (Hydrops Foetalis)
2 Author: Sok-Leng Kang Expert: Robin Martin: Cardiovascular Collapse in Infancy (Critical AS)
3 Author: Hannah Bellsham-Revell and Aaron Bell Expert: Catherine Head: Late Presentation of Patients with Fontan Circulation
4 Author: Gemma Penford Expert: Oliver Stumper: Cyanosis Beyond the Newborn Period - Tetralogy with PS or Pulmonary Atresia
5 Author: Grazia Delle Donne Expert: Piers Daubeney: Dilated Cardiomyopathy / Myocarditis
6 Author: Andrew Ho Expert: Tara Bharucha: Double Outlet Right Ventricle
7 Author: Filip Kucera Expert: Michael Burch: Cardiac transplantation
8 Author: Will Regan Expert: Jasveer Mangat: Supraventricular tachycardia
9 Author: James Wong Expert: Reza Razavi: Functionally single ventricle
10 Authors: Robin H S Chen and Salim Jivanji Expert: Sachin Khambadkone: Percutaneous pulmonary valve insertion
11 Authors: Robin H S Chen and Salim Jivanji Expert: Eric Rosenthal: Coarctation of the aorta
12 Authors: Salim Jivanji and Rubya Adamji Expert: Michael Rigby: Infective endocarditis
13 Author: Tom Day Expert: Michael Cheung: Transposition of the Great Arteries
14 Author: Gabby Norrish Expert: Juan Kaski: Ventricular Arrhythmias
15 Author: Michael Harris Expert: Gurleen Sharland: Foetal management of hypoplastic left heart
16 Author: Paraskevi Theocharis Expert: Roberta Bini: Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
17 Author: Mohammad Ryan Abumehdi Expert: Lindsey Hunter: Cardiovascular abnormalities in NICU - PDA
18 Author: Louise Morrison Expert: Brian A. McCrossan: Cardiac evaluation of a child with Stridor
19 Authors: Sophie Duignan and Colm Breatnach Experts: Damien Kenny: Congenital Heart Disease with a Continuous Murmur
20 Authors: Alexander Van De Bruaene and Shouvik Haldar Expert: Krishnakumar Nair: Late presentation of arrhythmia in Congenital Heart Disease
21 Author: Laura Vazquez-Garcia Expert: Michael Rigby: Ebstein's Anomaly
22 Authors: Tarek Alsaied and Justin T. Tretter Expert: Andrew Redington: Kawasaki Disease
23 Authors: Justin T. Tretter and Tarek Alsaied Expert: Andrew Redington: Common Arterial Trunk
24 Author: Ryan Coleman Experts: Corey Chartan and Nidhy Varghese: Pulmonary Hypertension associated with Congenital Heart Disease