Park's The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook: The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook

Effectively diagnose and manage children with congenital and acquired heart disease by consulting the concise, portable and fully updated edition of Park's The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook. Designed as a companion to Dr. Park's larger text, Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners, this resource features useful diagrams and clear descriptions of disorders, presenting healthcare professionals in practice or in training with a reliable point-of-care reference or general review.

  • Facilitate the decision-making process with a user-friendly organization; consistent and easy-to-read coverage.
  • Better understand core concepts with help from numerous illustrative diagrams.
    • Familiarize yourself with the latest developments in the field through extensive updates on congenital heart defects, infective endocarditis, cardiomyopathies, cardiac arrhythmias, long QT syndrome, blood pressure and systemic hypertension.
    • Stay abreast of new recommendations in lipid screening for children, as well as the normative blood pressure standards for auscillometric and oscillometric methods obtained in the San Antonio Children’s Blood Pressure Study.
    • Access an expanded section covering two-dimensional echocardiography, and consult detailed normative values of echocardiography in the Appendix.
    • Study the newest approaches in the area of cardiac surgery, such as hybrid procedures.
    • Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, references, and videos from the book on a variety of devices.
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    Park's The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook: The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook

    Effectively diagnose and manage children with congenital and acquired heart disease by consulting the concise, portable and fully updated edition of Park's The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook. Designed as a companion to Dr. Park's larger text, Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners, this resource features useful diagrams and clear descriptions of disorders, presenting healthcare professionals in practice or in training with a reliable point-of-care reference or general review.

    • Facilitate the decision-making process with a user-friendly organization; consistent and easy-to-read coverage.
    • Better understand core concepts with help from numerous illustrative diagrams.
      • Familiarize yourself with the latest developments in the field through extensive updates on congenital heart defects, infective endocarditis, cardiomyopathies, cardiac arrhythmias, long QT syndrome, blood pressure and systemic hypertension.
      • Stay abreast of new recommendations in lipid screening for children, as well as the normative blood pressure standards for auscillometric and oscillometric methods obtained in the San Antonio Children’s Blood Pressure Study.
      • Access an expanded section covering two-dimensional echocardiography, and consult detailed normative values of echocardiography in the Appendix.
      • Study the newest approaches in the area of cardiac surgery, such as hybrid procedures.
      • Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, references, and videos from the book on a variety of devices.
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      Park's The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook: The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook

      Park's The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook: The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook

      Park's The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook: The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook

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      Effectively diagnose and manage children with congenital and acquired heart disease by consulting the concise, portable and fully updated edition of Park's The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook. Designed as a companion to Dr. Park's larger text, Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners, this resource features useful diagrams and clear descriptions of disorders, presenting healthcare professionals in practice or in training with a reliable point-of-care reference or general review.

      • Facilitate the decision-making process with a user-friendly organization; consistent and easy-to-read coverage.
      • Better understand core concepts with help from numerous illustrative diagrams.
        • Familiarize yourself with the latest developments in the field through extensive updates on congenital heart defects, infective endocarditis, cardiomyopathies, cardiac arrhythmias, long QT syndrome, blood pressure and systemic hypertension.
        • Stay abreast of new recommendations in lipid screening for children, as well as the normative blood pressure standards for auscillometric and oscillometric methods obtained in the San Antonio Children’s Blood Pressure Study.
        • Access an expanded section covering two-dimensional echocardiography, and consult detailed normative values of echocardiography in the Appendix.
        • Study the newest approaches in the area of cardiac surgery, such as hybrid procedures.
        • Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, references, and videos from the book on a variety of devices.

        Product Details

        ISBN-13: 9780323371025
        Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
        Publication date: 11/19/2014
        Series: Mobile Medicine
        Sold by: Barnes & Noble
        Format: eBook
        Pages: 516
        File size: 22 MB
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        About the Author

        Park, Myung K., MD, FAAP, FACC (Univ of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)

        Table of Contents

        Frequently used abbreviations - xi

        Part I: Basic Tools in Evaluation of Cardiac Patients

        Chapter 1 History and Physical Examination - 3

        Chapter 2 Electrocardiography - 28

        Chapter 3 Chest Roentgenography - 56

        Part II: Special Tools Used in Cardiac Evaluation

        Chapter 4 Noninvasive Imaging Tools - 65

        Chapter 5 Other Noninvasive Tools - 82

        Chapter 6 Invasive Procedures - 90

        Part III: Congenital Heart Defects

        Chapter 7 Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions - 99

        Chapter 8 Obstructive Lesions - 116

        Chapter 9 Cyanotic Congenital Heart Defects - 133

        Chapter 10 Miscellaneous Congenital Heart Diseases - 189

        Part IV: Acquired Heart Diseases

        Chapter 11 Primary Myocardial Diseases (Cardiomyopathy) - 207

        Chapter 12 Cardiovascular Infections and Related Conditions - 220

        Chapter 13 Valvular Heart Disease - 243

        Chapter 14 Cardiac Tumors - 253

        Chapter 15 Cardiovascular Involvement in Systemic Diseases - 256

        Part V: Arrhythmias and Atrioventricular Conduction Disturbances

        Chapter 16 Cardiac Arrhythmias - 269

        Chapter 17 Atrioventricular Conduction Disturbances - 295

        Chapter 18 Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators - 300

        Part VI: Special Problems

        Chapter 19 Congestive Heart Failure - 311

        Chapter 20 Child with Chest Pain - 321

        Chapter 21 Syncope - 332

        Chapter 22 Palpitation - 341

        Chapter 23 Systemic Hypertension - 345

        Chapter 24 Pulmonary Hypertension - 358

        Chapter 25 Athletes with Cardiac Problems - 366

        Chapter 26 Dyslipidemias - 375

        Chapter 27 Preventive Cardiology - 390

        Part VII: Cardiac Surgical Patients

        Mehrdad Salamat

        Chapter 28 Pre- and Postoperative Management - 401

        Chapter 29 Selected Postoperative Complications - 415

        Appendices

        Appendix A. Miscellaneous - 425

        Appendix B. Blood Pressure Standards - 432

        Appendix C. Cardiovascular Risk Factors - 446

        Appendix D. Normal Echocardiographic Values - 451

        Appendix E. Dosages of Drugs Used in Pediatric Cardiology - 458

        Index - 491

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