cover image - Park's The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook , Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323718691
Copyright: 2022
Publication Date: 02-02-2021
Page Count: 548
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $46.99

Park's The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook , Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 6th Edition

by Myung K. Park, MD, FAAP, FACC and Mehrdad Salamat, MD, FAAP, FACC

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Park's The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook , Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323718691
Copyright: 2022
Publication Date: 02-02-2021
Page Count: 548
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $46.99

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Through five successful editions, Park’s The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook has been the go-to portable reference for fundamental and practical information on the diagnosis and management of children with congenital and acquired heart disease. In the fully updated 6th Edition, Dr. Myung K. Park is joined by new co-author Dr. Mehrdad Salamat in providing concise, authoritative guidance for pediatricians, cardiology fellows, family practitioners, medical students, and more. Designed as a companion to Dr. Park's larger text, Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners, this pocket-sized resource features useful diagrams, summary tables, helpful images, and clear descriptions of disorders—perfect for healthcare professionals in practice or in training.

    • Provides extensive updates on congenital heart defects, infective endocarditis, cardiomyopathies, cardiac arrhythmias, long QT syndrome, blood pressure,systemic hypertension, dyslipidemia and Kawasaki disease

    • Includes new recommendations on lipid screening for children, preventive cardiology including childhood obesity, sport participation using new 14-point evalaution as well as the normative blood pressure standards for auscillometric and oscillometric methods obtained in the San Antonio Children’s Blood Pressure Study.

    • Offers an expanded section on two-dimensional echocardiography, along with detailed normative values of echocardiography in the appendix.

    • Covers the newest approaches in the area of cardiac surgery, such as hybrid procedures as well as non-surgical, percutaneous management of certain heart defects.

  • Frequently Used Abbreviations

    Part I: Basic Tools in Evaluation of Cardiac Patients

    Chapter 1 History and Physical Examination

    Chapter 2 Electrocardiography

    Chapter 3 Chest Roentgenography

    Part II: Special Tools Used in Cardiac Evaluation

    Chapter 4 Noninvasive Imaging Tools

    Chapter 5 Other Noninvasive Tools

    Chapter 6 Invasive Procedures

    Part III: Congenital Heart Defects

    Chapter 7 Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions

    Chapter 8 Obstructive Lesions

    Chapter 9 Cyanotic Congenital Heart Defects

    Chapter 10 Miscellaneous Congenital Heart Diseases

    Part IV: Acquired Heart Diseases

    Chapter 11 Primary Myocardial Diseases (Cardiomyopathy)

    Chapter 12 Cardiovascular Infections and Related Conditions

    Chapter 13 Valvular Heart Disease

    Chapter 14 Cardiac Tumors

    Chapter 15 Cardiovascular Involvement in Systemic Diseases

    Part V: Arrhythmias and Atrioventricular Conduction Disturbances

    Chapter 16 Cardiac Arrhythmias

    Chapter 17 Atrioventricular Conduction Disturbances

    Chapter 18 Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

    Part VI: Special Problems

    Chapter 19 Congestive Heart Failure

    Chapter 20 Child with Chest Pain

    Chapter 21 Syncope

    Chapter 22 Palpitation

    Chapter 23 Systemic Hypertension

    Chapter 24 Pulmonary Hypertension

    Chapter 25 Athletes with Cardiac Problems

    Chapter 26 Dyslipidemias

    Chapter 27 Preventive Cardiology

    Part VII: Cardiac Surgical Patients

    Chapter 28 Pre- and Postoperative Management

    Chapter 29 Selected Postoperative Complications

    Appendices

    Appendix A. Miscellaneous

    Appendix B. Blood Pressure

  • Myung K. Park, MD, FAAP, FACC, Professor Emeritus (Pediatrics), Former Director of Pediatric Cardiology, Former Director of Preventative Cardiology and Weight Management Clinics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas and Mehrdad Salamat, MD, FAAP, FACC, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas

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