Pediatric Cardiology: The Essential Pocket Guide

Pediatric Cardiology is a unique and straightforward book, addressing the growing concern of diagnosing heart disease and cardiac problems in pediatric care. Now in its second edition, this book offers a unique explanation of complex pathophysiology of cardiac malformations, providing the skills necessary for today′s managed care environment in using the history, physical examination, ECG, and chest X–ray to uncover possible problems and eliminate areas of false concern.
Topics covered in the second edition include:

preventive cardiology and health promotion
heart disease in the neonate and in special populations
congenital cardiac malformation
acquired cardiac conditions
congestive heart failure.
Pediatric Cardiology, Second Edition is an ideal reference for medical students, pediatric residents, house officers and registrars, pediatric cardiology fellows and trainees and practicing pediatricians.

Spis treści:
Table of contents.
PREFACE.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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1. DIAGNOSTIC METHODS.
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2. HEART DISEASE IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS.
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3. CLASSIFICATION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY.
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4. ACYANOSIS AND INCREASED PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW (LEFT–TO–RIGHT SHUNT).
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5. OBSTRUCTIVE LESIONS.
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6. CARDIAC CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RIGHT–TO–LEFT SHUNT (CYANOTIC LESIONS).
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7. OTHER CONGENITAL CARDIAC ANOMALIES.
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8. CARDIAC CONDITIONS IN THE NEONATE.
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9. ACQUIRED CARDIAC CONDITIONS.
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10. ARRHYTHMIAS.
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11. CONGESTIVE CARDIAC FAILURE.
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12. PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY AND HEALTH PROMOTION.
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APPENDIX.
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INDEX

Nota biograficzna:
Walter H Johnson
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham
AL, USA
James H Moller
Professor and Head of Pediatric s
University of Minnesota
Paul F Dwan Professor of Pediatric Cardiology
Minneapolis
MN, USA

Okładka tylna:
Pediatric Cardiology is a unique and straightforward book, addressing the growing concern of diagnosing heart disease and cardiac problems in pediatric care. Now in its second edition, this book offers a unique explanation of complex pathophysiology of cardiac malformations, providing the skills necessary for today′s managed care environment in using the history, physical examination, ECG, and chest X–ray to uncover possible problems and eliminate areas of false concern.
Topics covered in the second edition include:

preventive cardiology and health promotion
heart disease in the neonate and in special populations
congenital cardiac malformation
acquired cardiac conditions
congestive heart failure.
Pediatric Cardiology, Second Edition is an ideal reference for medical students, pediatric residents, house officers and registrars, pediatric cardiology fellows and trainees and practicing pediatricians.