Synopsis
Fundamental of Clinical Cardiology, Volume 53 Univ. of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City. Reference describes current diagnostic and treatment strategies for acute and chronic heart failure in the fetus, neonate, child, and young adult. Addresses the genetics of pediatric heart failure, sudden cardiac death, coronary artery abnormalities, and more.
Comprehensive and up-to-date, this handbook:
Studies the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, and acquired inflammatory heart disease in children.
Compares the fundamental differences between heart failure in patients with single ventricle lesions and in children and young adults with other types of heart disease.
Contains unique perspectives on alterations in cardiac function that occur after heart transplantation in children.
Offers a comprehensive review of the causes and treatment of heart failure in the fetus
presents a state-of-the-art diagnostic and management strategy for the care of a postoperative child with low cardiac output syndrome.
Offers a detailed review of cancer-related cardiotoxicities in children.
Provides a unique framework for understanding the developmental, cellular, neurohormonal, and immunologic mechanisms of pediatric heart failure, as well as recent findings on the genetic aspects of heart failure.
The first book of its kind, this reference describes current diagnostic and treatment strategies for acute and chronic heart failure in the fetus, neonate, child, and young adult-encompassing every aspect of pediatric heart failure including historical perspectives, the latest technologies in mechanical circulatory support, and recent information on the psychosocial aspects of heart failure in children.
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