Main description:

This exciting new reference brings you information about the most controversial cardiovascular challenges you face in your practice. The book confidently tackles these subjects and gives seasoned advice on the latest diagnostic and treatment strategies using evidence-based medicine wherever possible. It gives you the latest information you need to keep pace with the fast-paced, dynamic environment of neonatology.

Contents:

PART I: NEONATAL HEMODYNAMICS

Section A: Principles of Developmental Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology 1. Principles of developmental cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology 2. Autoregulation of vital and non-vital organ blood flow in the preterm and term neonate 3. Definition of normal blood pressure range: the elusive target  Section B: Diagnosis of Neonatal Shock: Methods and their Clinical Applications 4. Methods to assess systemic and organ blood flow in the neonate

5. Functional Echocardiography In The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 6. Assessment of Cardiac Output in Neonates: Techniques Using the Fick Principle, Pulse Wave Form Analysis, and Electrical Impedance 7. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and its Use for the Assessment of Tissue Perfusion in the Neonate

8. Clinical Applications of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Neonates

9. Advanced Magnetic Resonance Neuroimaging Techniques in the Neonate with a Focus on Hemodynamic-Related Brain Injury

10. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in the Study of Neonatal Hemodynamics

11. Assessment of the Microcirculation in the Neonate Section C: Clinical Presentations and Relevance of Neonatal Shock 12. Clinical Presentations of Neonatal Shock: The Very Low Birth Weight Infant During The First Postnatal Day 13. The Very Low Birth Weight Neonate With a Hemodynamically Significant Ductus Arteriosus During The First Postnatal Week 14. The Preterm Neonate With Cardiovascular and Adrenal Insufficiency

15. Shock in the Surgical Neonate

16. Hemodynamics and Brain Injury in the Preterm Neonate PART II: FETAL AND NEONATAL CARDIOLOGY

Section D: Embryonic and Fetal Development 17. The Genetics of Fetal and Neonatal Cardiovascular Disease 

18. Human Cardiac Development in the First Trimester 19. The Reappraisal of Normal and Abnormal Cardiac Development

Section E: Fetal and Neonatal Cardiology 20. New Concepts for Training the Pediatric Cardiology Workforce of the Future 21. The Current Role of Fetal Echocardiography 22. Clinical Evaluation of Cardiovascular Function in the Human Fetus 23. Cardiac Surgery in the Neonate with Congenital Heart Disease 24. Regional Blood Flow Monitoring in the Perioperative Period 25. Mechanical Pump Support and Cardiac Transplant in the Neonate 26. Catheter-Based Therapy in the Neonate with Congenital Heart Disease

27. Hybrid Management Techniques in the Treatment of the Neonate with Congenital Heart Disease