Congenital Heart Defects: Etiology, Diagnosis And Treatment (cardiology Research And Clinical Developments Series)

A congenital heart defect (CHD) is a defect in the structure of the heart and great vessels of a newborn. Most heart defects either obstruct blood flow in the heart or vessels near it or cause blood to flow through the heart in an abnormal pattern, although other defects affecting heart rhythm (such as long QT syndrome) can also occur. Heart defects are among the most common birth defects and are the leading cause of birth defect-related deaths. This new book presents the latest research in the field from around the world. Ventricular-vascular pathophysiology in children with cardiovascular disease / Hideaki Senzaki Cardio pulmonary exercise testing in children with congenital heart disease / A. Christian Blank, Tim Takken Why the diagnostic algorithm in children with CHD should include the kidney? / Ewa Krol, Piotr Czarniak, Boleshaw Rutkowski Prenatal diagnosis of congenital fetal heart disease / Shinro Matsuo and Nasima Akhter Usefulness of ultrasound examination of abdomen and cranial in neonates and infants with new recognized congenital heart disease / Piotr Czarniak and Wojciech Kosiak, Boleshaw Rutkowski Coincidence of congenital and acquired anomalies of kidney and upper urinary tract in neonates and infants with congenital heart disease / Piotr Czarniak Genetics of congenital heart diseases : where are we now? / Giuseppe Limongelli ... [et al.] Sensitivity and specificity of three different methods for diagnosis of congenital heart diseases / Martha A. Hernández-González ... [et al.] Single ventricle anatomy, physiology, repair, and outcome / Galina Leyvi, John D. Wasnick Multidector-row computed tomography evaluation in congenital heart disease patients : additional information to echocardiology and conventional cardiac catherterization / Yasunobi Hayabuchi ... [et al.] Dimensional echocardiographic imaging of congenital heart disease : initial experience and current status with real-time imaging / Mohamed Seliem, Anysia Fedec Absence of atrioventricular connexion / Luis Munoz Castellanos, Magdalena Kuri Nivon, Nilda Espinola Zavaleta Surgical palliative options for patients with hypoplastic left heart / Clifford L. Cua, Christopher L. Cua, Lillian S. Lai Cardiac tumors : a review / Kalgi Modi, Prasanna Venkatesh Atrioventricular block during and after trans-catheter closure of ventricular septal defects : mechanisms, prevention, and treatment / Zhi-Yuan Song, Lei Zhang.