Park's The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook

6 Edición - 21 de enero de 2021
Última edición
Autores: Myung K. Park, Mehrdad Salamat
Idioma: Inglés

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 m… Leer más

Descripción

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.

Puntos claves

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

De interès para

Pediatricians, cardiology fellows, family practitioners

Índice

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

Detalles del producto

Edición: 6
Última edición
Publicado: 5 de febrero de 2021
Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los autores

Myung K. Park

Afiliaciones y experiencia

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

Mehrdad Salamat