Main description:

Pediatric intensivists, cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and anesthesiologists from the leading centers around the world present the collaborative perspectives, concepts, and state-of-the-art knowledge required to care for children with congenital and acquired heart disease in the ICU. Their multidisciplinary approach encompasses every aspect of the relevant basic scientific principles, medical and pharmacologic treatments, and surgical techniques and equipment. From the extracardiac Fontan procedure, and the Ross procedure through new pharmacologic agents and the treatment of pulmonary hypertension to mechanical assist devices, heart and lung transplantation, and interventional cardiac catheterization-all of the developments that are affecting this rapidly advancing field are covered in depth.

Contents:

1. The Segmental Approach to Congenital Heart Disease

2. Cardiovascular Physiology and Shock

3. Regulation of Pulmonary Vascular Resistance and Blood Flow

4. Renal Function and Heart Disease

5. Splanchnic Function and Heart Disease

6. Cerebral Function and Heart Disease

7. Pharmacology of Cardiovascular Drugs

8. Pediatric Arrhthmias

9. Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade

10. Anesthesia for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

11. Applied Respiratory Physiology

12. Respiratory Support

13. Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

14. Coagulation Disorders in Congenital Heart Disease

15. Nutrition

16. Transplantation

17. Noninvasive Diagnosis of Heart Disease

18. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiac Catheterization

19. Perioperative Monitoring

20. Cardiopulmonary Bypass

21. Mechanical Circulatory Support in Infants and Children

22. Nursing Care

23. Perioperative Management of Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

24. ASD/VSD

25. Atrioventricular Septal Defects

26. Aortic Valve Disease

27. CoA and IAA

28. Mitral Valve Disease

29. AP Window/PDA

30. ACLA

31. Persistent Truncus Arteriosus

32. Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return

33. Transposition of the Great Arteries and the Arterial Switch Operation

34. DORV/DOLV

35. TOF with PAT and VSD

36. Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum (PA/IVS)

37. Ebstein's Anomaly

38. Single Ventricle

39. Tricuspid Atresia and the Fontan Operation

40. HLHS

41. Staged Operative Management of the SV

42. Critical Appraisal and Use of Evidence about Therapy

43. Cor Pulmonale

44. Inflammatory Heart Disease

45. Infective Endocarditis

46. Syndromes and Congenital Heart Defects

47. Heritable Disease

48. Cardiomyopathy