Ventricular Function and Blood Flow in Congenital Heart Disease

by Editor: Mark A. Fogel (The Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

• ISBN13: 9781405173490
• ISBN10: 1405173491
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Infants, children and adolescents with congenital heart disease (CHD) are a challenge to manage and an ever-increasing number are reaching adulthood.CHD is one of the most important topics in cardiology today, yet this book is the only clinically-orientated monograph devoted exclusively to ventricular function and blood flow as it relates to CHD.Written by a distinguished panel of cardiologists, bioengineers, physiologists, and clinical investigators, Ventricular Function and Blood Flow in Congenital Heart Disease is an extensive and comprehensive presentation of the key aspects of this branch of CHD.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Overview

Pediatric Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease as it Relates to Ventricular Function and Blood Flow

Ventricular FunctionùThe Basics of the Discipline

Blood FlowùThe Basics of the Discipline

History and Physical Examination

Plain Radiographic Examination of the Heart and Chest

Cardiac Catheterization

Techniques in Assessing Ventricular Function

Echocardiography and Doppler Ultrasound

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Cardiology and Positron Emission Tomography

Exercise Testing

Ventricular Function in Specific Categories

Ventricular Function in Pressure Overload Lesions

Ventricular Function in Volume Overload Lesions

The Right Ventricle in a Dual Chambered Circulation

The Left Ventricle in a Dual Chambered Circulation

Blood Flow in the Normal and Diseased Aorta

Blood Flow in Normal and Diseased Pulmonary Arteries

Considerations in the Single Ventricle

Exercise Performance in Fontan Patients

Considerations in Intensive Care

Ventricular Function and Blood Flow in Specific Categories

Considerations in Catheter Interventions

Pharmacology and Ventricular Performance

Index

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