Fundamentals Of Pediatric Cardiology

Based on Dr. Driscoll's thirty years of successful bedside teaching at the Mayo Clinic, Fundamentals of Pediatric Cardiology is the ideal textbook for residents in pediatrics, family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatric and adult cardiology. This concise, well-organized, and easy-to-understand text can be read cover-to-cover during a pediatric cardiology rotation and focuses sharply on what primary care physicians need to know for initial evaluation and management of patients. Dr. Driscoll explains the many types of congenital heart defects, focusing on the most frequent cardiac problems in infants, children, and adolescents. Emphasis is on use of new diagnostic tools in conjunction with the physical examination.

Cardiovascular Physiology Clinical Evaluation History Physical Examination Basic Diagnostic Studies Electrocardiography Radiography Echocardiography Cardiac Catheterization Exercise Physiology Innocent Murmurs Chest Pain Syncope and Sudden Death Principles of Inheritance and Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease Left-to-Right Shunts Introduction Atrial Septal Defects Ventricular Septal Defects Patent Ductus Arteriosus Atrioventricular Septal Defects Truncus Arteriosus Aorticopulmonary Window Arteriovenous Fistulae Right-to-Left Shunts Introduction Transposition of the Great Arteries Tetralogy of Fallot and Pulmonary Atresia with VSD Truncus Arteriosus Tricuspid Atresia Univentricular Heart The Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Ebstein Anomaly Pulmonary Atresia and Intact Ventricular Septum Totally Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return Shock Obstructive and Regurgitant Lesions Aortic Stenosis and Insufficiency Pulmonary Stenosis and Insufficiency Coarctation of the Aorta Mitral Stenosis and Insufficiency Acquired Heart Disease Rheumatic Fever and Kawasaki Disease Kawasaki Disease Infective Endocarditis Cardiomyopathy Coronary Artery Anomalies