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: $49.99

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

by Myung K. Park, MD, FAAP, FACC, (Editor Emeritus) 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: $49.99
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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
    • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

  • Frequently Used Abbreviations

    Part I: Basic Tools in Evaluation of Cardiac Patients
    1. History and Physical Examination
    2. Electrocardiography
    3. Chest Roentgenography

    Part II: Special Tools Used in Cardiac Evaluation
    4. Noninvasive Imaging Tools
    5. Other Noninvasive Tools
    6. Invasive Procedures

    Part III: Congenital Heart Defects
    7. Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions
    8. Obstructive Lesions
    9. Cyanotic Congenital Heart Defects
    10. Miscellaneous Congenital Heart Diseases

    Part IV: Acquired Heart Diseases
    11. Primary Myocardial Diseases (Cardiomyopathy)
    12. Cardiovascular Infections and Related Conditions
    13. Valvular Heart Disease
    14. Cardiac Tumors
    15. Cardiovascular Involvement in Systemic Diseases

    Part V: Arrhythmias and Atrioventricular Conduction Disturbances
    16. Cardiac Arrhythmias
    17. Atrioventricular Conduction Disturbances
    18. Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

    Part VI: Special Problems
    19. Congestive Heart Failure
    20. Child with Chest Pain
    21. Syncope
    22. Palpitation
    23. Systemic Hypertension
    24. Pulmonary Hypertension
    25. Athletes with Cardiac Problems
    26. Dyslipidemias
    27. Preventive Cardiology

    Part VII: Cardiac Surgical Patients
    28. Pre- and Postoperative Management
    29. Selected Postoperative Complications

    Appendices
    A. Miscellaneous
    B. Blood Pressure

  • Myung K. Park, MD, FAAP, FACC, (Editor Emeritus), 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, USA and Mehrdad Salamat, MD, FAAP, FACC, Clinical Associate Professor Texas A&M University Health Science Center Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine College Station, Texas Attending Pediatric Cardiologist Driscoll Children's Hospital Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
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