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Pediatric Cardiology : the Essential Pocket Guide.

Caring for children with heart disease is extremely complex, requiring a different and often tailor-made approach compared with adults with similar cardiac problems. Built on the success of previous editions and brought to you by a stellar author team, Pediatric Cardiology: The Essential Pocket Guid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Walter H.
Otros Autores: Moller, James H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Wiley, 2014.
Edición:3rd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Tools to diagnose cardiac conditions in children; History; General principles of the cardiovascular history; Chief complaint and/or presenting sign; Physical examination; Vital signs; Cardiac examination; Laboratory examination; Electrocardiography; Chest X-ray; Pulse oximetry; Blood counts; Echocardiography; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI and MRA); Computed tomography; Exercise testing; Cardiac catheterization; Additional reading; Chapter 2 Environmental and genetic conditions associated with heart disease in children.
  • Syndromes associated with maternal conditionsMaternal diabetes mellitus; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Maternal HIV infection; Maternal inflammatory (collagen vascular) disease; Maternal phenylketonuria; Maternal rubella infection; Medications and other agents; Retinoic acid; Lithium; Other drugs and environmental exposures; Syndromes with gross chromosomal abnormalities; Down syndrome (Trisomy 21); Turner syndrome (45, X; Monosomy X); Trisomy 18 syndrome; Trisomy 13 syndrome; Syndromes with chromosomal abnormalities detectable by special cytogenetic techniques.
  • DiGeorge syndrome and velocardiofacial syndrome (22q11.2 deletion)Williams syndrome (Williams-Beuren syndrome); Other syndromes with familial occurrence; Noonan syndrome and related conditions; Limb/heart syndromes; Clinical genetic evaluation; Family history; Genetic testing; Additional reading; Chapter 3 Classification and physiology of congenital heart disease in children; Pathophysiology; Hemodynamic principles; Pulmonary hypertension; Clinical correlation; Diagnosis; Severity; Etiology; Chapter 4 Anomalies with a left-to-right shunt in children.
  • Shunts at ventricular or great vessel levelVentricular septal defect; Large ventricular septal defect; Small or medium ventricular septal defects; Patent ductus arteriosus; History; Physical examination; Electrocardiogram; Chest X-ray; Natural history; Echocardiogram; Treatment; Atrial septal defect; History; Physical examination; Electrocardiogram; Chest X-ray; Natural history; Echocardiogram; Cardiac catheterization; Operative considerations; Atrioventricular septal defect; History; Physical examination; Electrocardiogram; Chest X-ray; Natural history; Echocardiogram.
  • Cardiac catheterizationOperative considerations; Chapter 5 Conditions obstructing blood flow in children; Coarctation of the aorta; History; Physical examination; Electrocardiogram; Chest X-ray; Echocardiogram; Cardiac catheterization and angiography; Treatment; Natural history; Aortic stenosis; Aortic valvar stenosis; Discrete membranous subaortic stenosis; Supravalvar aortic stenosis; Pulmonary stenosis; Valvar pulmonary stenosis; Pulmonary stenosis secondary to dysplastic pulmonary valve; Peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis.