Congenital Diseases in the Right Heart (eBook)

Andrew N. Redington is an international expert of the right heart. Robert H. Anderson is world-renowned as a morphologist and pathologist. Glen Van Arsdell is a rising star in surgery for congenital heart disease, particularly those affecting the right heart.

Section 1: Basic Topics.-Embryonic Origins and Molecular Genetics of the Right Heart.-The Morphology of the Right Heart: Relationship to the Left Heart.-Blood Flow Patterns in the Right Heart: Linking Morphology to Physiology.-Right Ventricular Physiology: Heart-Lung and Interventricular Relationships.-Section 2: Pulmonary Vascular Bed.-Pulmonary Endothelial Control of the Pulmonary Microvasculature.-Smooth Muscle and Matrix Responses to Pulmonary Hypertension.-Genetics and Gene Therapy.-Imaging Microvascular Flow.-Functional Imaging of Proximal Pulmonary Arterial and Venous Flows and Hemodynamics.-Transcatheter Intervention on the Central Pulmonary Arteries – Current Techniques and Outcomes.-Surgical Repair of Congenital and Acquired Pulmonary Artery Stenosis.-Section 3: The Systemic Right Ventricle.-Mechanisms of Late Right Ventricular Failure.-Pharmacologic Approaches to the Failing Systemic RV.-Primary and Secondary Physiologic and Anatomic Repairs.-Section 4: Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathies.-Genetic Origins and Clinical Outcomes of Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathies.-The Pathologic Spectrum of Right Ventricular Dysplasias.-Diagnosis of Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathies.-Current Therapies.-Section 5: Acute Right Heart Failure – Perioperative Care.-Imaging the Hypoplastic Right Heart – How Small is Too Small?.-Surgical Decision-Making in the Borderline Right Ventricle.-Postoperative Pulmonary Hypertension: Current Management Strategies.-Ventilatory Management of the Failing Right Heart.-Origins and Treatment of Right Ventricular Dysfunction After Heart Transplantation.-Section 6: Chronic Right Heart Failure.-Non-invasive Assessment of Right Ventricular Contractile Performance.-The Sub-pulmonary Right Ventricle in Chronic Left Ventricular Failure.-Management of the Acutely Right Failing Right Ventricle in Chronic Biventricular Disease.-Late Outcomesof the Fontan Circulation.-Mechanisms of Failure in the Fontan Circulation.-Section 7: Tetralogy of Fallot.-Decision Making in Primary Repair.-Right Ventricular Myocardial with Tetralogy of Fallot: Right Ventricular Myocardial Responses to Chronic Volume and Pressure Load.-Restrictive Right Ventricular Physiology: Early and Late Effects.-Late Arrythmia in Tetralogy of Fallot: Current Approaches to Risk Stratification.-Timing and Outcomes of Surgical Pulmonary Valve Replacement.-Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement: Role and Limitations.-The Role of Resynchronization Therapy in Right Left Heart Interactions.-Section 8: Ebsteins Anomaly.-Anatomic Definition and Imaging.-Fetal Physiology and Postnatal Outcomes.-The Role of Atrial Shunting and Interventional Closure.-Types and Outcomes of Surgery.