Designed 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.
New to this edition
Features 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 Contents:
Part 1: General Principles
1. Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Growing Population
2. A Historic Perspective
3. Cardiac Morphology and Nomenclature
4. Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Genetic Perspective
5. Clinical Assessment
6. Echocardiography
7. Exercise and Training
8. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
9. Cardiac Computed Tomography
10. Catheter Interventions in Adult Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
11. Late Repair and Reoperations in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
12. Venous Shunts and the Fontan Circulation in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
13. Late Complications Following The Fontan Operation
14. Heart and Lung Transplantation in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
15. Noncardiac Surgery in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
16. Critical Care
17. Arrhythmias in the Adult with Congenital Heart Disease
18. Invasive Electrophysiology
19. Devices including AICDs and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
20. Infective Endocarditis
21. Transition of Care from Pediatrics
22. Pregnancy and Contraception
23. Obstetric and Cardiac Anesthesia
24. Nursing in ACHD and PAH
25. Psychosocial Issues in ACHD
26. Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
27. Anesthesia in Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Including Anesthesia for Noncardiac Surgery
28. Insurability of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Part 2: Septal Defects
29. Atrial Septal Defect
30. Ventricular Septal Defect
31. Atrioventricular Septal Defect: Complete and Partial (Ostium Primum Atrial Septal Defect)
Part 3: Diseases of the Mitral Valve
32. Cor Triatriatum and Congenital Mitral Stenosis
33. Mitral Valve Prolapse, Mitral Regurgitation
34. Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection and the Scimitar Syndrome
Part 4: Diseases of the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract
35. Valvular Aortic Stenosis
36. Subvalvar and Supravalvar Aortic Stenosis
37. Aortic Regurgitation
38. Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysms
Part 5: Diseases of the Aorta
39. Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Aortopulmonary Window
40. Aortic Coarctation and Interrupted Aortic Arch
41. Truncus Arteriosus
42. Tracheoesophageal Compression in Congenital Heart Disease: Vascular Rings, Pulmonary Slings and Other Vascular Abnormalities
Part 6: Diseases of the Tricuspid Valve
43. Ebstein Anomaly
44. Tricuspid Stenosis and Regurgitation
Part 7: Diseases of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract
45. Pulmonary Stenosis
46. Double-Chambered Right Ventricle
Part 8: Cyanotic Conditions
47. Tetralogy of Fallot
48. Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect
49. The Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome
50. Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum
51. Transposition of the Great Arteries
52. Eisenmenge's Syndrome
53. Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
54. Double-Outlet Right Ventricle
Part 9: Univentricular Hearts
55. Double-Inlet Ventricle
56. Atrioventricular Valve Atresia
57. Isomerism (Heterotaxia)
Part 10: Coronary Artery Abnormalities
58. Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Arteries
59. Kawasaki's Disease
Part 11: Other Lesions
60. Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy
61. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
62. Constrictive Pericarditis and Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
63. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
64. Non-Compacted Myocardium
65. Rheumatic Fever
66. Cardiac Tumors
67. Marfan Syndrome: A Cardiovascular Perspective
68. Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Selected Terms Used in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
