Diagnosis And Management Of Adult Congenital Heart Disease (3rd Edition)

DescriptionDesigned to meet the needs of clinicians working with adults with congenital heart disease, Diagnosis and Management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease , by Drs. Michael A. Gatzoulis, Gary D. Webb, and Piers E. F. Daubeney, offers essential guidance on the anatomical issues, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment options available to practitioners today. This latest edition features completely updated content, including new information for nurses and nurse practitioners who, now more than ever, are playing an important role in the care of adults with CHD. You’ll also access four new chapters, illustrated congenital defects, coverage of long-term outcomes, and much more.Key FeaturesDrs. Gatzoulis, Webb, and Daubeney lead a team of experts ideally positioned to provide state-of-the-art global coverage of this increasingly important topic.Each disease-oriented chapter is written to a highly structured template and provides key information on incidence, genetics, morphology, presentation, investigation and imaging, and treatment and intervention.Congenital defects are illustrated with full-color line drawings and by the appropriate imaging modality (for example, EKG, x-ray, echocardiogram, MRI, CT, ).Provides coverage of long-term outcomes, including the management of pregnant patients and patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery.Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, videos, and references from the book on a variety of devices.New to this EditionFeatures the addition of four new chapters: A Historic Perspective; Quality of Life in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension; Psychosocial Issues in ACHD; Supportive and Palliative Care for End-Stage ACHD.Table of ContentsPart 1: General PrinciplesAdults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Growing PopulationGrown-Up Congenital Heart or Adult Congential Heart Disease: A Historic PerspectiveCardiac Morphology and NomenclatureAdults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Genetic PerspectiveClinical AssessmentEchocardiographyHeart Failure, Exercise Intolerance, and Physical TrainingCardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceCardiac Computed TomographyCatheter Interventions in Adult Patients with Congenital Heart DiseaseLate Repair and Reoperations in Adults with Congenital Heart DiseaseVenous Shunts and the Fontan Circulation in Adult Congenital Heart DiseaseLate Complications Following The Fontan OperationHeart and Lung Transplantation in Adult Congenital Heart DiseaseNoncardiac Surgery in Adult Congenital Heart DiseaseCritical CareArrhythmias in the Adult with Congenital Heart DiseaseInvasive ElectrophysiologyPacemakers and Internal Cardioverter Defibrillators in Adult Congential Heart DiseaseInfective EndocarditisTransition of Care from PediatricsPregnancy and ContraceptionObstetric Analgesia and AnesthesiaQuality of Life in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension and Nursing in Adults with Congenital Heart DiseasePsychosocial Issues in ACHDSupportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Congenital Heart DiseaseAnesthesia in Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Including Anesthesia for Noncardiac SurgeryInsurability of Adults with Congenital Heart DiseasePart 2: Septal DefectsAtrial Septal Defect (Interatrial Communication)Ventricular Septal DefectAtrioventricular Septal DefectPart 3: Diseases of the Mitral ValveCor Triatriatum and Congenital Mitral StenosisMitral Valve Prolapse, Mitral RegurgitationPartial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection and the Scimitar SyndromePart 4: Diseases of the Left Ventricular Outflow TractValvular Aortic StenosisSubvalvar and Supravalvar Aortic StenosisAortic RegurgitationSinus of Valsalva AneurysmsPart 5: Diseases of the AortaPatent Ductus Arteriosus and Aortopulmonary WindowAortic Coarctation and Interrupted Aortic ArchTruncus ArteriosusVascular Rings, Pulmonary Slings, and Other Vascular AbnormalitiesPart 6: Diseases of the Tricuspid ValveEbstein AnomalyTricuspid Regurgitation and StenosisPart 7: Diseases of the Right Ventricular Outflow TractPulmonary StenosisDouble-Chambered Right VentriclePart 8: Cyanotic ConditionsTetralogy of FallotPulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal DefectThe Absent Pulmonary Valve SyndromePulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular SeptumTransposition of the Great ArteriesEisenmenge’s SyndromeCongenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great ArteriesDouble-Outlet Right VentriclePart 9: Univentricular HeartsDouble-Inlet VentricleAtrioventricular Valve AtresiaHeterotaxy and Isomerism of the Atrial AppendagesPart 10: Coronary Artery AbnormalitiesCongenital Anomalies of the Coronary ArteriesKawasaki’s DiseasePart 11: Other LesionsMyocarditis and Dilated CardiomyopathyHypertrophic CardiomyopathyConstrictive Pericarditis and Restrictive CardiomyopathyArrhythmogenic CardiomyopathyNon-Compacted MyocardiumRheumatic FeverCardiac TumorsMarfan Syndrome: A Cardiovascular PerspectivePrimary Pulmonary HypertensionSelected Terms Used in Adult Congenital Heart DiseaseAuthors BiographyMichael A. Gatzoulis, MD PhD FACC FESC is Professor of Cardiology, Congenital Heart Disease, and Consultant Cardiologist at the Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. He is also affiliated with the National Heart and Lung Institute at the Imperial College in London Piers E. F. Daubeney, MA, DM, FRCP, FRCPCH, DCH is Professor of Paediatric Cardiology and Consultant Paediatric and Fetal Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College in London. They are highly regarded experts in both pediatric and adult congenital heart disease.