Adult Congenital Heart Disease

To the adult cardiologist, the language of congenital heart disease can be confusing and the spectrum of disease bewildering. Many find the prospect of meeting an adult with complex congenital heart disease in the emergency department disturbing, and rightly so. This book aims to dispel confusion and equip cardiology trainees, general cardiologists and acute medicine physicians with a sound understanding of the principles of the physiology and management of adult congenital heart disease, so that they can treat emergencies and recognise the need for referral to a specialist unit. With easy-to-understand diagrams and key clinical points, this handbook provides both rapid reference for use when the clinical need arises and also an insight into the basic principles of congenital heart disease, giving the reader a good grounding in the care of the adult with congenital heart disease.

ISBN 0199228183   Pages 280 ISBN13 9780199228188 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 180 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Series title Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Cardiology Publication date 19 Mar 2009   Height (mm) 180 Library of Congress 2009005388   Width (mm) 100 DEWEY 616.12043   Spine width (mm) 13 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate

		Symbols and abbreviations
1		Morphology and classification		3
2		Non-invasive imaging		11
3		Physiological testing		33
4		Cardiac catheterization		41
5		Influence of pulmonary blood flow on management and outcome		49
6		Cyanosis		57
7		Valve and outflow tract lesions		65
7a		Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO)		67
7b		Left ventricular inflow lesions		75
7c		Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (RVOTO)		81
7d		Ebstein anomaly		85
8		Septal defects		91
8a		Atrial septal defects (ASDs)		93
8b		Ventricular septal defects (VSDs)		105
8c		Atrioventricular septal defects (AVSDs)		109
9		The Eisenmenger syndrome		113
10		Aortic lesions		117
11		Venous anomalies		127
11a		Anomalies of systemic venous drainage		129
11b		Anomalies of pulmonary venous drainage		133
12		Transposition complexes		141
12a		Complete transposition of the great arteries (TGA)		143
12b		Congenitally corrected TGA (ccTGA)		153
13		Tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia with VSD		159
14		Functionally univentricular hearts and Fontan circulation		171
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. a practical approach to the investigation and treatment of adult patients with congenital heart defects...[and] straightforward advice as to how to go about competently managing the challenge. from the foreword by Gary Webb, MD, Director, Philadelphia Adult Congenital Heart Center

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