Park's The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook , Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 6th Edition
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
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Provides extensive updates on congenital heart defects, infective endocarditis, cardiomyopathies, cardiac arrhythmias, long QT syndrome, blood pressure,systemic hypertension, dyslipidemia and Kawasaki disease
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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.
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Offers an expanded section on two-dimensional echocardiography, along with detailed normative values of echocardiography in the appendix.
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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.
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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 Standards
Appendix C. Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Appendix D. Normal Echocardiographic Values
Appendix E. Dosages of Drugs Used in Pediatric Cardiology
Index
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