Edited by one of the leading authorities in the field, the Second Edition gives readers the broad, multi-disciplinary, and topic-oriented perspectives they need to offer patients care of the highest quality. All chapters have been painstakingly rewritten--and all illustrations meticulously reviewed--to ensure they reflect the full range of new advances in the field. Reviews of the First Edition:: Contains a vast amount of useful and extremely well-written information... Will undoubtedly improve the understanding of congenital heart disease in adult patients. --Mayo Clinic Proceedings Dr. Perloff, Dr. Child and their colleagues have made another sizeable contribution to the care of the adult patient with congenital heart disease. --Annals of Internal Medicine
Part I: Background and Facilities. Historical Perspective. Specialized Facilities for the Coprehensive Care of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. Part II: Survival Patterns. Survival Patterns Without Cardiac Surgery of Interventional Catheterization: A Narrowing Base. Survival Patterns After Cardiac Surgery of Interventional Catheterization: A Broadening Base. Part III: Medical Considerations. Transthoracicand Transesophageal Echocardiographic Imaging: Anatomic and Hemodynamic Assessment. Infective Endocarditis: Risk and Prophylaxis. Pregnancy and Congenital Heart Disease: The Mother and the Fetus. Genetics, Epidemiology, Counseling, And Prevention. Exercise and Athletic Before and After Cardiac Surgery or Interventional Catheterization. Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease: A Multisystem Disorder. Neurologic Disorders. Part IV: Surgical Considerations. Operation and Reoperation. Prosthetic Materials: The Selection, Use and Long-Term Effects. Cardiac Catheterization as a Therapeutic Intervention. Noncardiac Surgery. Part V: Residua and Sequelae After Surgery or Interventional Catheterization. Residua and Sequelae: A Prospective. Electrophysiologic Abnormalities: Unoperated Occurrence and Postoperative Residua and Sequelae. Residua and Sequelae Involving Cardiac Valves. Normal Myocardial Growth and the Development and Regression of Increased Ventricular Mass.