The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook

CHAPTER I. ROUTINE CARDIAC EVALUATION IN CHILDREN I. History Taking II. Physical Examination III. Electrocardiography. IV .Chest Roentgenography V. Flow Diagram CHAPTER II. SPECIAL TOOLS IN CARDIAC EVALUATION I. Echocardiography II. Exercise Test III. Ambulatory Electrocardiography IV.Cardiac catheterization and Angiocardiography CHAPTER III. CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS I. Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions II. Obstructive Lesions. III. Cyanotic Congenital Heart Defects IV Miscellaneous Congenital Anomalies CHAPTER IV .ACQUIRED HEART DISEASE I. Primary Myocardial Disease II. Cardiovascular Infections III. Kawasalo Disease IV .Acute Rheumatic Fever V. Valvular Heart Disease VI. Cardiac Tumors CHAPTER V. ARRHYTHMICA AND ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUTION DISTURBANCES I. Basic Arrhythmias II. Disturbances of Atrioventricular CHAPTER VI. NEONATAL CARDIAC PROBLEMS. I. Initial Evaluation of the Newborn II. Problem-Based CHAPTER VII. SPECIAL PROBLEMS I. Congestive Heart Failure II. Chest Pain III. Syncope IV. Long QT Syndrome V. Systemic Hypertension VI. Pulmonary Hypertension VII. Hyperlipidemia in Childhood CHAPTER VIII. MANAGEMENT OF CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS CHAPTER IX. CARDIOV ASCULAR DRUG DOSAGE