Main description:

As front line health care providers for children, pediatricians are entrusted with the responsibility for discovering early signs of heart diseases in this complex patient population. Especially in the newborn period, the presentation of pediatric heart disease is frequently obscure, and the consequences of these illnesses can be devastating if not caught early and managed correctly.

This comprehensive, easy to understand book is a ready guide to acquiring the proficiency and confidence necessary to decipher the wide spectrum of disease presentations. Case scenarios give life to each chapter, with key images and illustrations reinforcing notable concepts. Special attention is given to the interpretation of chest radiographs and the role of echocardiography and catheterization. All chapters are dual authored by an academic cardiologist and a practicing general pediatrician, resulting in this book's elegant blend of medical authority, real life value, and fresh practical viewpoints.

Heart Diseases in Children: A Pediatrician's Guide is divided into four sections. The first is an overall approach to heart diseases in children with ample discussion to diagnostic testing. The second and third sections cover the spectrum of congenital heart defects and acquired heart diseases. The fourth section prsents issues related to office cardiology. The book concludes with an extensive drug appendix. Significant and meaningful online complements, heart sounds and murmurs are available at www.pedcard.rush.edu providing practitioners the materials necessary to build confidence in their ausculatory skills.

This unique book is a go-to resource for pediatricians, pediatric residents, family practitioners, medical students and nurses, conveying essential information for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric heart diseases.

Contents:

Part I Approach to Heart Diseases in Children

Chapter 1 Cardiac History and Physical Examination
W. Reid Thompson
Surabhi Mona Mehrotra

Chapter 2 Cardiac Interpretation of Pediatric Chest x-Ray
Ra-id Abdulla

Chapter 3 Electrocardiography: Approach and Interpretation
Ra-id Abdulla

Chapter 4 Pediatric Echocardiography
W. Reid Thompson
Thea Yosowitz

Chapter 5 Cardiac Catheterization in Children: Diagnosis and Therapy
Ziyad M. Hijazi
Anas Saleh Lutfi Taqatqa
Umang Gupta
Ra-id Abdulla

Part II Congenital Heart Diseases

Chapter 6 Atrial Septal Defect
Ra-id Abdulla
Austin Hanrahan

Chapter 7 Ventricular Septal Defect
Omar M. Khalid
Ra-id Abdulla

Chapter 8 Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Omar M. Khalid
Jacquelyn Busse

Chapter 9 Atrioventricular Canal Defect
Omar M. Khalid
Surabhi Mona Mehrotra

Chapter 10 Pulmonary Stenosis
Joan F. Hoffman
Surabhi Mona Mehrotra

Chapter 11 Aortic Stenosis
Kathryn W. Holmes
Megan A. McCarville

Chapter 12 Coarctation of the Aorta
Sawsan Mokhtar M. Awad
Megan A. McCarville

Chapter 13 Tetralogy of Fallot
Douglas M Luxenberg
Laura Torchen

Chapter 14 Double Outlet Right Ventricle
Douglas M Luxenberg
Jacquelyn Busse

Chapter 15 Transposition of the Great Arteries
Douglas M Luxenberg
Megan A. McCarville

Chapter 16 Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum
Zahra J. Naheed
Daniel E. Felten

Chapter 17 Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect
Karim Assad Diab
Thea Yosowitz

Chapter 18 Tricuspid Atresia
Karim Assad Diab
Daniel E. Felten

Chapter 19 Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Karim Assad Diab
Daniel E. Felten

Chapter 20 Truncus Arteriosus
Joan F. Hoffman
Thea Yosowitz

Chapter 21 Single Ventricle
Sawsan Mokhtar M. Awad
Ra-id Abdulla

Chapter 22 Complex Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease: The Heterotaxy Syndrome
Joan F. Hoffman
Shannon M. Buckvold
Jackie Busse

Chapter 23 Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Sawsan Mokhtar M. Awad
Jacquelyn Busse

Chapter 24 Ebstein's Anomaly
Russell Robert Cross
Ra-id Abdulla

Chapter 25 Vascular Ring
Ra-id Abdulla

Chapter 26 Congenital Abnormalities of Coronary Arteries
Russell Robert Cross
Daniel E. Felten

Part III Acquired Heart Diseases in Children
Chapter 27 Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
Sawsan Mokhtar M. Awad
Daniel E. Felten

Chapter 28 Kawasaki
Rami Kharouf
Daniel E. Felten

Chapter 29 Infective Endocarditis
Rami Kharouf
Laura Torchen

Chapter 30 Myocarditis
Rami Kharouf
Laura Torchen

Chapter 31 Cardiomyopathy
Zahra J. Naheed
Laura Torchen

Chapter 32 Cardiac Arrhythmia
William J. Bonney
Ra-id Abdulla

Part IV Office Cardiology

Chapter 33 Hypertension
Shada J Alanani
Ra-id Abdulla

Chapter 34 Syncope
Yolandee R. Bell-Cheddar
Ra-id Abdulla

Chapter 35 Chest Pain
Ismael Gonzalez
Ra-id Abdulla

Chapter 36 Innocent heart murmurs
Ra-id Abdulla

Chapter 37 Obesity and Dyslipidemia
Kathryn W. Holmes
Jackie Busse

Appendix Drugs in Pediatric Cardiology
Paul N. Severin
Beth Shields
Joan Hoffman
Sawsan Mokhtar M. Awad
William J. Bonney
Edmundo P. Cortez
Rani Ganesan
Aloka Patel
Steve Barnes
Sean Barnes
Shada Al-Anani
Umang Gupta
Yolandee Bell Cheddar
Ra-id Abdulla