BookMicahel Artman, Lynn Mahony, David F. Teitel.
Summary: "Neonatal Cardiology is the trusted go-to guide for pediatricians and neonatologists needing concise, practical guidance on the evaluation and management of newborns with heart disease and other cardiac functional abnormalities. Focusing on physiology, mechanics, and presentation of congenital heart disease, this full-color resource provides a succinct, yet complete overview of neonatal cardiology. Neonatal Cardiology opens with discussions of basic aspects of embryology of the heart and a review of normal and abnormal muscle function. From there, you are led through the clinical assessment of patients with an array of cardiac abnormalities. Management and treatment follow, beginning with a basic chapter on the principles of medical management, followed by drug therapy and post-operative care. The book concludes with a chapter on Epidemiology, Etiology, and Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease"--P. 4 of cover.
Contents:
Cardiac morphogenesis : implications for congenital cardiovascular diseases
Myocyte contraction and relaxation
Perinatal cardiovascular physiology
Prenatal evaluation and management
Initial evaluation of the newborn with suspected cardiovascular disease
Approach to the cyanotic infant
Approach to the infant with excessive pulmonary blood flow
Approach to the infant with inadequate systemic perfusion
Cardiomyopathies
Arrhythmias
Principles of medical management
Cardiovascular drug therapy
Care of the postoperative patient
Neurology of congenital cardiovascular disease : brain development, acquired injury and neurodevelopmental outcome
Epidemiology, etiology, and genetics of congenital cardiovascular disease.