Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners

by Park, Myung K.

• ISBN13: 9780815166177
• ISBN10: 0815166176
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-06-01
• Publisher: Year Book Medical Pub

Summary

From history and physical examination through electrocardiography and the management of special problems, this popular reference provides the practical guidance you need to diagnose and manage children with congenital and acquired heart disease. The fully revised 5th edition incorporates recent diagnostic and therapeutic advances in pediatric cardiac surgery, blood pressure standards, and cardiac arrhythmias.

Table of Contents

Basic Tools in Routine Evaluation of Cardiac Patients

History Taking

Physical Examination

Electrocardiography

Chest Roetgenography

Flow Diagram

Special Tools in Evaluation of Cardiac Patients

Noninvasive Procedures

Invasive Procedures

Pathophysiology

Fetal and Perinatal Circulation

Pathophysiology of Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions

Pathophysiology of Obstructive and Valvular Regurgitant Lesions

Pathophysiology of Cyanotic Congenital Heart Defects

Specific Congenital Heart Defects

Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions

Obstructive Lesions

Cyanotic Congenital Heart Defects

Vascular Ring

Chamber Localization and Cardiac Malposition

Miscellaneous Congenital Cardiac Conditions

Acquired Heart Disease

Primary Myocardial Disease

Cardiovascular Infections

Acute Rheumatic Fever

Valvular Heart Disease

Cardiac Tumors

Cardiac Involvement in Systemic Diseases

Electrocardiography II

Cardiac Arrhythmias

Disturbances of Atrioventricular Conduction

Pacemakers in Children

ST-Segment and T-Wave Changes

Neonatal Cardiac Problems

Special Features in Cardiac Evaluation of the Newborn

Manifestations of Cardiac Problems in the Newborn

Special Problems

Congestive Heart Failure

Systemic Hypertension

Pulmonary Hypertension

Hyperlipidemia in Childhood

Child with Chest Pain

Syncope

Cardiac Transplantation

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