Visual Guide to Neonatal Cardiology

The Visual Guide to Neonatal Cardiology is a comprehensive, highly illustrated, reference covering the evaluation, diagnosis and management of cardiac disease in the newborn. Contains over 900 color illustrations, including patient photographs, chest roentgenograms, electrocardiograms, echocardiograms, angiocardiograms, 3D computed tomogramphy, magnetic resonance imaging, pathologic specimens, and other relevant visual aids Discusses the natural history of fetal heart disease and the rationale, indications, technique, and impact of fetal cardiac intervention Reviews the anatomy and physiology of the neonatal cardiovascular system, including differences within the fetal, transitional, neonatal, child and adult circulatory system Highlights key steps for taking a patient history, including detailed discussion of the cardiac examination (inspection, palpation and auscultation of heart sounds and murmurs) Presents over 35 morphologic conditions with sections covering introduction, epidemiology, etiology with accepted or postulated embryogenesis, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, physical examination findings, diagnostic evaluation, management, and prognosis Includes a neonatal formulary reviewing selected medications currently used for treatment of perioperative low cardiac output, congestive heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, sedation, pain and anticoagulation in neonates

About the Author

Ziyad M. Hijazi , MD, MPH is a Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College and Acting Chief Medical Officer - Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Director, Sidra Cardiovascular Center of Excellence, Doha, Qatar

Leo Lopez , MD is a Director of Cardiac Non-Invasive Imaging, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA

Donald J. Hagler , MD is a Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA