Περιγραφή
New features in the second edition:
- Includes access to a VitalSource eBook online, and offline on your PC or Mac, iPhoneή/iPod Touchή/ iPadή, Kindle Fire or Android™ device
- More than 50 operative videos accessible via the ebook
- New chapters including how to navigate the complex hospital politics of a congenital heart program; how to train as a congenital heart surgeon including visa and licensing challenges for the foreign medical graduate wishing to train in the USA.
Continuing as in the first edition:
- Exceptional illustrations by a single artist
- Uniformity of approach provided by a single surgical author
- The latest information on the rapidly evolving area of cardiopulmonary bypass for the neonate and infant
- An evidence-based approach, including comprehensive support for the recommended procedures
Περιεχόμενα
Background
Why early primary repair
Surgical technique
Biomaterials for congenital cardiac surgery
Anesthesia for congenital heart surgery
Pediatric cardiac intensive care
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
The bypass circuit: hardware options
Prime constituents and hemodilution
Carbon dioxide, pH and oxygen management
Hypothermia, reduced flow and circulatory arrest
Myocardial protection
Specific congenital cardiac anomalies
Patent ductus arteriosus, aortopulmonary window, sinus of Valsalva fistula, aortoventricular tunnel
Coarctation of the aorta
Atrial septal defect
Ventricular septal defect
Transposition of the great arteries
Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary stenosis
Valve surgery for congenital heart disease
Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: aortic valve stenosis, subaortic stenosis, supravalvar aortic stenosis
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Single ventricle
Complete atrioventricular canal
Anomalies of the pulmonary veins
Double outlet right ventricle
Truncus arteriosus
Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia
Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum
Interrupted aortic arch
Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
Vascular rings, slings, and tracheal anomalies
Anomalies of the coronary arteries
