Short description:

This practical reference provides effective clinical guidance for professionals working with patients with congenital and acquired cardiac disease. These patients are a complex group that require careful management, but when they present to the cardiology department they need swift attention. Consequently, this book provides the healthcare professional in the pediatric cardiovascular department with help when making critical clinical decisions in a high pressure environment.?

Containing numerous helpful illustrations, clinical algorithms and practical helpful text, Manual of Cardiac Care in Children is designed to educate the reader and provide guidance in a didactic patient-focussed approach. It is particularly relevant for frontline residents, fellows, nurses and allied health professionals to understand and assess key anatomy, physiology and treatments issues.? 

Long description:

This practical reference provides effective clinical guidance for professionals working with patients with congenital and acquired cardiac disease. These patients are a complex group that require careful management, but when they present to the cardiology department they need swift attention. Consequently, this book provides the healthcare professional in the pediatric cardiovascular department with help when making critical clinical decisions in a high pressure environment.?

Containing numerous helpful illustrations, clinical algorithms and practical helpful text, Manual of Cardiac Care in Children is designed to educate the reader and provide guidance in a didactic patient-focussed approach. It is particularly relevant for frontline residents, fellows, nurses and allied health professionals to understand and assess key anatomy, physiology and treatments issues.? 

Table of Contents:

Nomenclature and Segmental Analysis Of The Heart.- Atrial Septal Defects (ASD).- Partially Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (PAPVC).- Ventricular Septal Defects (VSD).- Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV).- Persistent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA).- Aortopulmonary Window.- Partial Atrioventricular Septal Defect.- Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect (AVSD).- Ebstein's Anomaly.- Pulmonary Stenosis (PS).- Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF).- Tetralogy of Fallot with Absent Pulmonary Valve.- Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia.- Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect and Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries.- Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum (PA/IVS).- Cor Triatriatum (Divided Atrium).- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC).- Pulmonary Vein Stenosis.- Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA).- Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries (ccTGA).- Truncus Arteriosus.- Congenital Mitral Valve Disease.- Aortic Stenosis (AS).- Supravalvar Aortic Stenosis.- Subaortic Stenosis.- Coarctation of the Aorta.- Interrupted Aortic Arch (IAA).- Vascular Rings, Slings, and Related Disorders.- Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA).- Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery (AAOCA).- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) and Variants.- Other Functionally Single Ventricle Lesions.- Borderline right ventricles and one and a half ventricle circulation.- Heterotaxy and Isomerism.- Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt (BCPS).- Fontan Circulation.- Infective Endocarditis.- Myocarditis.- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM).- Heart Function.- Ventricular Assist Devices?(VAD).- Heart Transplantation.- Cardiac Tumors.- Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, and Related Aortopathies.- Approach to genetic evaluation in children with heart disease.- Pulmonary Hypertension (PHT).- Anesthetic Management.- Cardiovascular Perfusion.- Managing the Complicated Post-Operative Course.- Cardiac Critical Care Unit Surgical Procedures and Management.- Analgesia and Sedation in the Cardiac Critical Care Unit.- Nutrition in the Cardiac Critical Care Unit.- Anticoagulation.- Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs).- ExtraCorporeal Life Support (ECLS) and Related Support Strategies.