Caring for children with heart disease is extremely
complex, requiring a different and often tailor-made
approach compared with adults with similar cardiac
problems. Built on the success of previous editions and
brought to you by a stellar author team, Pediatric
Cardiology: The Essential Pocket Guide provides a
unique, concise and extremely practical overview of
heart disease in children. From history-taking, physical
examination, ECG, and chest X-ray -- the basics that
enable clinicians to uncover possible problems and
eliminate areas of false concern -- it goes on to
examine the range of more complex topics in the
diagnosis and treatment/management of childhood
cardiovascular disease. New to this edition you'll find:
An enhanced section on imaging including recent advances
in cardiac MRI and fetal echocardiography. New
techniques in genetic testing for heart disease in
special populations. Much more emphasis on the
importance of echocardiography in understanding the
pathophysiology of congenital cardiac malformations.
Expanded section on cardiac conditions in the neonate,
specifically on prenatal diagnosis and management,
neonatal screening for congenital heart disease, and
hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Expanded and updated
congestive cardiac failure section, including the latest
in genetic and metabolic causes of heart failure, and
medical/surgical treatment options; discussion of
bridging therapies; essentials of transplantation,
including common drug treatment regimens, clinical
recognition of treatment complications and rejection,
outcomes, morbidity and survival. In addition, every
chapter is fully updated with the very latest clinical
guidelines and management options from the AHA, ACC and
ESC. Pediatric Cardiology: The Essential Pocket Guide ,
3 rd edition, is quite simply a must-have guide for all
members of the multidisciplinary team managing children
suffering from heart disease. |
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