Common Cardiac Issues in Pediatrics

Learn from leading experts the latest information on cardiac issues seen most often in a pediatric office.  The scope of focus includes signs and symptoms, management of patients with acquired or congenital heart disease, cardiac implications of common infectious diseases, preventive cardiology strategies, and other issues that are frequently managed or evaluated by the primary care clinician.

Topics include:

• Evaluation of the Patient
• Common Signs and Symptoms
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Cardiomyopathies and Channelopathies
• Acquired Cardiac Diseases
• Infectious Diseases
• Preventive Cardiology Strategies
• General Issues in Primary Cardiac Care

More than 130 full color photos and illustrations enhance disease recognition and clinical decision-making. In addition, the resource features information on preventive cardiology strategies, patient evaluation, and more issues in primary cardiac care.

• Introduction
• Part 1: Evaluation of the Patient
• 1. Clinical History and Physical Examination
• 2. Electrocardiography
• 3. The Role of Echocardiography
• 4. Basics of Exercise Testing
• 5. Chest Radiography
• 6. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography
• 7. Laboratory Studies
• Part 2: Common Signs and Symptoms
• 8. Chest Pain
• 9. Syncope
• 10. Palpitations and Arrhythmia
• 11. Heart Murmur
• 12. Evaluation of the Neonate With Congenital Heart Disease
• Part 3: Congenital Heart Disease
• 13. Fetal and Newborn Transitional Circulations
• 14. Newborn Screening for Heart Disease
• 15. Congenital Heart Lesions
• 16. Surgical Procedures for Congenital Heart Disease
• 17. Office Care of the Child After Cardiac Surgery
• 18. Common Syndromes Associated With Cardiac Lesions
• 19. Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
• Part 4: Cardiomyopathies and Channelopathies
• 20. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• 21. Dilated Cardiomyopathy
• 22. Restricted Cardiomyopathy
• 23. Non-compaction Cardiomyopathy
• 24. Long QT Syndrome and Other Channelopathies
• Part 5: Acquired Cardiac Diseases
• 25. Kawasaki Disease
• 26. Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
• 27. Cardiotoxicity Among Survivors of Childhood Cancer
• Part 6: Infectious Diseases
• 28. Vaccines for Patients With Cardiac Conditions
• 29. Lyme Carditis
• 30. Endocarditis
• 31. Prevention of Bacterial Endocarditis
• 32. Myocarditis
• 33. Pericardial Diseases
• Part 7: Preventive Cardiology
• 34. Dyslipidemia
• 35. Hypertension
• 36. Cardiac Screening Before Starting Certain Medications
• 37. Cardiac Screening for Athletic Participation
• 38. Autonomic Dysfunction
• Part 8: General Issues in Primary Cardiac Care
• 39. Neurodevelopmental and Psychosocial Outcomes in Children With Congenital Heart Disease
• 40. Lifestyle Counseling
• 41. Cardiac Pharmacology
• 42. Transition and Transfer From Pediatric to Adult-Centered Cardiac Care
• Part 9: Special Conditions
• 43. Cardiac Transplantation
• 44. Pulmonary Hypertension