Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Fourth Edition



Pediatric cardiac surgery is a dynamic, fast-moving field. Busy practitioners, like you, need clear and comprehensive guidance you can rely on to ensure optimal patient care.

For over 25 years Pediatric Cardiac Surgery has been the gold-standard reference for pediatric and adult congenital heart surgeons, pediatric and congenital cardiologists, intensivists, anesthesiologists, residents and nurses.

Now, in this thoroughly revised fourth edition, you again get trusted, complete coverage of the field with timely new features and expert reviews of critical topics including heart transplantation, emerging modalities for diagnosing congenital heart and tracheal defects,  the surgical technique of Fontan conversion with arrhythmia surgery, the medical challenges of managing adult CHD patients, and more.

This new edition includes:
Contributions from over 65 world-renowned expertsMore beautiful illustrations, by renowned medical illustrator Rachid Idriss,  which have brought acclaim to previous editionsReviews of the embryology, physical findings, diagnostic criteria, and therapeutic choices for each disease entity and describes the latest in surgical techniques in each chapterAll-new chapters that guide readers through new treatment options and other key developments since the publication of the third edition highlighting recent advances in congenital heart surgery.All-new new chapters that review advances in right ventricular to pulmonary artery conduits, arrhythmia surgery, double outlet ventricles, and adult congenital heart disease, among other key topics.Content: 
Chapter 1 Development of the Heart and Great Vessels (pages 1–26): Peter J. Gruber, Andy Wessels and Steven W. Kubalak
Chapter 2 Nomenclature and Classification of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease (pages 27–51): Jeffrey P. Jacobs
Chapter 3 Physiology of the Fetal and Neonatal Circulations and Fetal Cardiac Surgery (pages 52–59): Ashok Muralidaran, Vadiyala Mohan Reddy and Frank L. Hanley
Chapter 4 Preoperative Diagnostic Evaluation (pages 60–83): Lourdes R. Prieto, Marcy L. Schwartz, Richard Sterba, Janine Arruda and Tamar J. Preminger
Chapter 5 Hybrid Procedures for Congenital Heart Disease (pages 84–102): Mark Galantowicz, John P. Cheatham, Alistair Phillips, Ralf J. Holzer, Sharon L. Hill and Vincent F. Olshove
Chapter 6 Anesthesia for the Patient with Congenital Heart Disease (pages 103–112): H. Jay Przybylo
Chapter 7 Perioperative Care (pages 113–142): Carl L. Backer, John M. Costello, Jason M. Kane and Constantine Mavroudis
Chapter 8 The Nurse Practitioner's Role in Patient Management (pages 143–154): Nancy Benson, Denise Davis, Fejeania Hunter, Kim Teknipp and Jamie Thomas
Chapter 9 Palliative Operations (pages 155–168): Carl L. Backer and Constantine Mavroudis
Chapter 10 Management of Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass (pages 169–213): Darryl H. Berkowitz and J. William Gaynor
Chapter 11 Intraoperative Myocardial Protection (pages 214–224): Paul J. Chai
Chapter 12 Patent Ductus Arteriosus (pages 225–233): Muhammad Ali Mumtaz, Athar Qureshi, Constantine Mavroudis and Carl L. Backer
Chapter 13 Vascular Rings and Pulmonary Artery Sling (pages 234–255): Carl L. Backer and Constantine Mavroudis
Chapter 14 Coarctation of the Aorta (pages 256–282): Carl L. Backer, Sunjay Kaushal and Constantine Mavroudis
Chapter 15 Interrupted Aortic Arch (pages 283–294): Richard A. Jonas
Chapter 16 Atrial Septal Defect, Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection, and Scimitar Syndrome (pages 295–310): Carl L. Backer and Constantine Mavroudis
Chapter 17 Ventricular Septal Defect (pages 311–341): Constantine Mavroudis, Carl L. Backer, Jeffrey P. Jacobs and Robert H. Anderson
Chapter 18 Atrioventricular Canal Defects (pages 342–360): Carl L. Backer and Constantine Mavroudis
Chapter 19 Truncus Arteriosus (pages 361–375): Constantine Mavroudis and Carl L. Backer
Chapter 20 Aortopulmonary Window and Aortic Origin of a Pulmonary Artery (pages 376–384): Stephanie Fuller and J. William Gaynor
Chapter 21 Isolated Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction (pages 385–409): John M. Karamichalis, Jeffrey R. Darst, Max B. Mitchell and David R. Clarke
Chapter 22 Tetralogy of Fallot (pages 410–427): Robert D. Stewart, Constantine Mavroudis and Carl L. Backer
Chapter 23 Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect (pages 428–442): Vadiyala Mohan Reddy and Frank L. Hanley
Chapter 24 Ventricular to Pulmonary Artery Conduits (pages 443–456): John W. Brown, Osama M. Eltayeb, Mark Ruzmetov, Mark D. Rodefeld and Mark W. Turrentine
Chapter 25 Double?Outlet Ventricles (pages 457–491): Henry L. Walters and Constantine Mavroudis
Chapter 26 Transposition of the Great Arteries (pages 492–529): Constantine Mavroudis and Carl L. Backer
Chapter 27 Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries (pages 530–541): Eric J. Devaney and Edward L. Bove
Chapter 28 The Functionally Univentricular Heart and Fontan's Operation (pages 542–570): Marshall L. Jacobs
Chapter 29 Ebstein Anomaly (pages 571–587): Morgan L. Brown and Joseph A. Dearani
Chapter 30 Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction (pages 588–618): Christo I. Tchervenkov, Pierre?Luc Bernier, Danny Duca, Samantha Hill, Noritaka Ota and Constantine Mavroudis
Chapter 31 Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (pages 619–635): Jennifer C. Hirsch, Eric J. Devaney, Richard G. Ohye and Edward L. Bove
Chapter 32 Aortico?Left Ventricular Tunnel (pages 636–639): Stephanie Fuller and Thomas L. Spray
Chapter 33 Congenital Anomalies of the Mitral Valve (pages 640–658): Richard D. Mainwaring and John J. Lamberti
Chapter 34 Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (pages 659–673): Nicola Viola and Christopher A. Caldarone
Chapter 35 Cor Triatriatum Sinister, Pulmonary Vein Stenosis, Atresia of the Common Pulmonary Vein, and Cor Triatriatum Dexter (pages 674–684): Ralph E. Delius and Henry L. Walters
Chapter 36 Anomalous Systemic Venous Connections (pages 685–703): Henry L. Walters and Ralph E. Delius
Chapter 37 Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm (pages 704–714): W. Steves Ring
Chapter 38 Coronary Artery Anomalies (pages 715–743): Constantine Mavroudis, Ali Dodge?Khatami, Carl L. Backer and Richard Lorber
Chapter 39 Cardiac Tumors (pages 744–757): Rudiger Lange and Thomas Gunther
Chapter 40 Diseases of the Pericardium (pages 758–768): Victor O. Morell and Ergin Kocyildirim
Chapter 41 Surgical Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias (pages 769–812): Constantine Mavroudis, Barbara J. Deal and Carl L. Backer
Chapter 42 Heart Transplantation (pages 813–826): Joseph W. Rossano, David L.S. Morales and Charles D. Fraser
Chapter 43 Pediatric Lung and Heart?Lung Transplantation (pages 827–844): Dewei Ren, George B. Mallory, David L.S. Morales and Jeffrey S. Heinle
Chapter 44 Infective Endocarditis (pages 845–855): Muhammad Ali Mumtaz, Lara Danziger?Isakov, Constantine Mavroudis and Carl L. Backer
Chapter 45 Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support (pages 856–866): Brian W. Duncan
Chapter 46 Adult Congenital Heart Disease (pages 867–909): Stamatia Prapa, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Darryl F. Shore, Mario Petrou and Michael A. Gatzoulis