About the Book
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: Ernerio T. Alboliras, MD is a Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist, Medical Director, Genus Heart Center, Scottsdale, Arizona and formerly was with Division of Cardiology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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
