Overview
State-of-the-art, in depth analysis of the current methods of diagnosis and treatment of heart failure in patients with congenital heart disease
Includes in-depth information on sequelae following surgery including heart failure
Sections written by leaders in the field
Each aspect of heart failure in the patient with congenital heart disease presented broken down by age and disease status
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book will provide both an evidence base and practical recommendations for the treatment of patients with congenital heart disease. It will be a resource to all health care providers, including pediatric cardiologists, pediatric intensivists, pediatric heart surgeons, fetal specialists, maternal fetal medicine specialists, neonatologists, nurses, advanced practice nurses, in addition to trainees in the field.
It will summarize world knowledge on the topic of heart failure in patients with congenital heart disease. It will provide an in depth analysis of the current methods of diagnosis and treatment of heart failure. Now that surgical results are at record success rates, more patients with congenital heart disease are surviving, and thus at risk for sequelae from their disease, including heart failure.
It will provide evidence based and practical recommendations to the practitioner for the management of heart failure signs and symptoms.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Heart Failure in Congenital Heart Disease:
Book Subtitle: From Fetus to Adult
Editors: Robert. E Shaddy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-480-7
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84996-479-1Published: 09 December 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-5699-4Published: 13 December 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-84996-480-7Published: 19 November 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 176
Topics: Cardiology, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Cardiac Surgery