BookGeorgios Tagarakis, Ahmed Gheni Sarfan, Hashim Talib Hashim, Joseph Varney, editors.
Summary: This text and guide discusses the surgical and medical management of congenital heart diseases in both adult and children. It describes the disease, pathology, treatment, complications and follow-up with extensive use of didactic material to educate the reader to the practicalities of the subject. It details the novel research via an extensive literature review, while covering all aspects of the surgical and medical treatment of congenital heart disease. It includes review of the laparoscopic techniques and epidemiology of each disease involved and their prevalence to provide the reader with the full clinical picture. Clinical and Surgical Aspects of Congenital Heart Diseases: Text and Study Guide provides a thorough practical reference for the discipline with the use of illustrations and charts to facilitate understanding. It is essential reading for all trainee and practicing cardiac surgeons, cardiologists and internists, and all interested healthcare professionals.
Contents:
Genetic Basis of congenital heart disease
Epidemiology of congenital heart disease
Atrial septal defect
Ventricular septal defect
Patent ductus arteriosus
Coarctation of aorta
Truncus arteriosus
Tricuspid atresia
Teratology of Fallot
Total anomalous pulmonary vascular return
Multiple malformations
Laparoscopic surgery of congenital heart disease
Aortic Stenosis
Atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD)
Bicuspid aortic valve
Cardiomyopathy
Complete heart block (CHB)
Dextrocardia
Double inlet left ventricle (DILV)
Double outlet right ventricle (DORV)
Ebstein's anomaly
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)
Hypoplastic right heart syndrome (HRHS)
Mitral stenosis
Rhabdomyomas (Tumors of the Heart)
Transposition of the great vessels
Tricuspid atresia
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)
Perfusion in congenital heart surgery.