Featuring a combination of easily digestible sections, clinical images, and a text layout that assists rapid fact acquisition, this book highlights the core topics in congenital cardiac surgery. The text covers all the commonly encountered anomalies, with simple explanations of the underlying anatomy and management options. Readers are provided with strong support from the outset; including guidance on diagnosis, operative technique, and post-operative management. Aimed at trainees preparing for professional examination and newly appointed consultants, this invaluable handbook is a go-to resource for the busy practitioner. It will also be an ideal reference for cardiologists, intensivists, perfusionists, and cardiac nurses, requiring a concise and accessible summary of the surgical aspects of diagnosis and treatment. The book includes sections on transplantation, ECMO, hybrid procedures and adult congenital heart disease.

Book Description

Addresses the core competencies in congenital heart surgery with key anatomy. The book includes clear images, key classifications and the latest operative techniques and provides readers with strong support, including management decision-making. With a digestible layout, this guide is invaluable for senior trainees to newly appointed consultants.

About the Author

David J. Barron is the Senior Cardiac Surgeon at Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Trust and has written over 100 peer-reviewed papers in congenital heart surgery. The Birmingham team have particular experience in managing hypoplastic left heart syndrome, congenitally corrected transposition and complex pulmonary atresia.

Contents

Chapter 1 The Fetal Circulation and Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Chapter 2 Essentials of Paediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Chapter 3 Imaging in Congenital Heart Disease
Chapter 4 Arterial Shunts and Pulmonary Artery Banding
Chapter 5 Patent Arterial Duct
Chapter 6 Coarctation of the Aorta and Aortic Interruption
Chapter 7 Atrial Septal Defects
Chapter 8 Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection and Cor Triatriatum
Chapter 9 Ventricular Septal Defects
Chapter 10 Atrio-ventricular Septal Defects
Chapter 11 Tetralogy of Fallot
Chapter 12 Pulmonary Atresia with Major Aorto-pulmonary Collateral Arteries
Chapter 13 Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum
Chapter 14 Aortic Valve Disease and Left Outflow Tract Obstruction
Chapter 15 Tricuspid Valve Abnormalities in Congenital Heart Disease
Chapter 16 Transposition of the Great Arteries
Chapter 17 Double-Outlet Right Ventricle
Chapter 18 Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
Chapter 19 Truncus Arteriosus
Chapter 20 Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Chapter 21 Cavo-pulmonary Shunts and the Fontan Circulation
Chapter 22 Vascular Rings
Chapter 23 Hybrid Cardiac Surgical Procedures in Congenital Heart Disease
Chapter 24 Extra-corporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Children
Chapter 25 Surgery for Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Chapter 26 Transplantation for Congenital Heart Disease