Providing authoritative, everyday guidance in the diagnosis and management of children with congenital and acquired heart disease, Park’s Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners is the go-to reference of choice for pediatricians, family practitioners, NPs, and PAs―as well as medical students, residents, and fellows. The 7th Edition of this core text comprehensively covers every aspect of pediatric cardiology in an easy-to-read, practical manner for the non-specialist, bringing you completely up to date with all that’s new in this fast-changing field.

• • Covers everything from history and physical examination through preventative treatment and the management of special problems.

• • Incorporates all of the latest concepts and most recent developments in pediatric cardiology.

• • Offers highly accessible content through the extensive use of numbered lists, easy-to-use tables, and explanatory graphs and diagrams.

• • Features new chapter outlines, as well as a new larger size and two-color format for greater readability.

• • Provides fresh perspectives and expertise from new author Dr. Mehrdad Salamat, who joins Dr. Park for this 7th Edition.

• Synthesizes the most important references for generalists in a Suggested Readings section, ideal for additional reading in greater depth.

Contents

۱ History Taking
۲ Physical Examination
۳ Electrocardiography
۴ Chest Radiography
۵ Noninvasive Imaging Tools
۶ Other Noninvasive Investigation Tools
۷ Invasive Procedures
۸ Fetal and Perinatal Circulation
۹ Pathophysiology of Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions
۱۰ Pathophysiology of Obstructive and Valvular Regurgitant Lesions
۱۱ Pathophysiology of Cyanotic Congenital Heart Defects
۱۲ Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions
۱۳ Obstructive Lesions
۱۴ Cyanotic Congenital Heart Defects
۱۵ Miscellaneous Congenital Cardiac Conditions
۱۶ Vascular Ring
۱۷ Chamber Localization and Cardiac Malposition
۱۸ Primary Myocardial Disease
۱۹ Cardiovascular Infections
۲۰ Acute Rheumatic Fever
۲۱ Valvular Heart Disease
۲۲ Cardiac Tumors
۲۳ Cardiovascular Involvement in Systemic Diseases
۲۴ Cardiac Arrhythmias
۲۵ Disturbances of Atrioventricular Conduction
۲۶ Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter– Defibrillators in Children
۲۷ Congestive Heart Failure
۲۸ Systemic Hypertension
۲۹ Pulmonary Hypertension
۳۰ The Child with Chest Pain
۳۱ Syncope
۳۲ Palpitation
۳۳ Dyslipidemia and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors
۳۴ Pediatric Preventive Cardiology
۳۵ Athletes with Cardiac Problems
۳۶ Cardiac Transplantation
A Miscellaneous
B Blood Pressure Values
C Cardiovascular Risk Factors
D Normal Echocardiographic Values
E Drugs Used in Pediatric Cardiology