Congenital heart disease in the adult / Welton M. Gersony and Marlon S. Rosenbaum ; foreword by Myron L. Weisfeldt ; illustrations by Richard A. Gersony ; contributor, Kwame Anyane-Yeboa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gersony, Welton M.

Contributor:

Rosenbaum, Marlon S.

Weisfeldt, Myron L.

Gersony, Richard A.

Anyane-Yeboa, Kwame.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Congenital heart disease.

Heart Defects, Congenital.

Adult.

Medical Subjects:

Heart Defects, Congenital.

Adult.

Physical Description:

ix, 304 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Summary:

Provides guidelines outlining the frequency of visits, appropriate testing, and criteria for intervention

Contents:

Part I Acyanotic Heart Disease 1

Chapter 1 Atrial Septal Defect 3

Chapter 2 Atrioventricular Canal 19

Chapter 3 Ventricular Septal Defect 27

Chapter 4 Patent Ductus Arteriosus 45

Chapter 5 Right Ventricular Outflow Obstruction 53

Chapter 6 Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction 67

Chapter 7 Coarctation of the Aorta 93

Chapter 8 Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries (L-Tga) 109

Chapter 9 Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Circulation 125

Part II Cyanotic Heart Disease 143

Chapter 10 Tetralogy of Fallot 145

Chapter 11 D-Transposition of the Great Arteries (D-Tga) 167

Chapter 12 Single Ventricle 189

Chapter 13 Truncus Arteriosus 225

Chapter 14 Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections 233

Chapter 15 Ebstein's Anomaly 243

Chapter 16 Eisenmenger's Syndrome 255

Part III Pregnancy and Genetics 265

Chapter 17 Maternal Congenital Heart Disease and Pregnancy 267

Chapter 18 Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease Kwame Awane-Yeboa 281.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0070329095

OCLC:

49576239