BookMyung K. Park, Mehrdad Salamat.
Summary: "Providing authoritative, everyday guidance in the diagnosis and management of children with congenital and acquired heart disease, Park's Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners is the go-to reference of choice for pediatricians, family practitioners, NPs, and PAs--as well as medical students, residents, and fellows. The 7th Edition of this core text comprehensively covers every aspect of pediatric cardiology in an easy-to-read, practical manner for the non-specialist"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Part 1: Basic tools in routine evaluation of cardiac patients. History taking
Physical examination
Electrocardiography
Chest radiography
Part 2: Special tools in evaluation of cardiac patients. Noninvasive imaging tools
Other noninvasive investigation tools
Invasive procedures
Pathophysiology. Fetal and perinatal circulation
Pathophysiology of left-to-right shunt lesions
Pathophysiology of obstructive and valvular regurgitation lesions
Pathophysiology of cyanotic congenital heart defects
Part 4: Specific congenital heart defects. Left-to-right shunt lesions
Obstructive lesions
Cyanotic congenital heart defects
Miscellaneous congenital cardiac conditions
Vascular ring
Chamber localization and cardiac malposition
Part 5: Acquired heart disease. Primary myocardial disease
Cardiovascular infections
Acute rheumatic fever
Valvular heart disease
Cardiac tumors
Cardiovascular involvement in systemic diseases
Part 6: Arrhythmias and atrioventricular conduction disturbances. Cardiac arrhythmias
Disturbances of atrioventricular conduction
Cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in children
Part 7: Special problems. Congestive heart failure
Systemic hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension
The child with chest pain
Syncope
Palpitation
Dyslipidemia and other cardiovascular risk factors
Athletes with cardiac problems
Cardiac transplantation
Appendices. Miscellaneous
Blood pressure values
Cardiovascular risk factors
Normal echocardiographic values
Drugs used in pediatric cardiology.