Moller's essentials of pediatric cardiology /
Essentials of pediatric cardiology.
Walter H. Johnson, Jr., Camden L. Hebson.
- Fourth edition.
- 1 online resource.
Preceded by: Pediatric cardiology / Walter H. Johnson Jr., James H. Moller. Third edition. 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents Preface vii
1. Tools to diagnose cardiac conditions in children 1
2. Environmental and genetic conditions associated with heart disease in children 70
3. Classification and physiology of congenital heart disease in children 83
4. Anomalies with a left-to-right shunt in children 93
5. Conditions obstructing blood flow in children 146
6. Congenital heart disease with a right-to-left shunt in children 182
7. Unusual forms of congenital heart disease in children 230
8. Unique cardiac conditions in newborn infants 242
9. The cardiac conditions acquired during childhood 256
10. Abnormalities of heart rate and conduction in children 288
11. Congestive heart failure in infants and children 311
12. A healthy lifestyle and preventing heart disease in children 325
Additional reading 370
Index 371
"Caring for children with heart disease is extremely complex, requiring a different and often tailor-made approach compared with adults with similar cardiac problems. 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 -- this essential guide goes on to examine the range of more complex topics in the diagnosis and treatment/management of childhood cardiovascular disease"--
About the Authors Walter H. Johnson, Jr., MD is Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Alabama Congenital Heart Disease Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Camden L. Hebson, MD is Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Alabama Congenital Heart Disease Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.