Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The segmental approach to congenital heart disease -- Cardiovascular physiology and shock -- Regulation of pulmonary vascular resistance and blood flow -- Renal function and heart disease -- Splanchnic function and heart disease -- Cerebral function and heart disease -- Pharmacology of cardiovascular drugs -- Pediatric arrhythmias -- Pericardial effusion and tamponade -- Anesthesia for pediatric cardiac surgery -- Applied respiratory physiology -- Respiratory support for the child with critical heart disease -- Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation -- Coagulation disorders in congenital heart disease -- Nutrition and metabolism in the critically ill child with cardiac disease -- Heart and lung transplantation -- Noninvasive diagnosis of congenital and acquired pediatric heart disease -- Diagnostic and therapeutic catheterization -- Perioperative monitoring -- Cardiopulmonary bypass in infants and children -- Mechaincal circulatory support in infants and children -- Nursing care of the child with congenital heart disease -- Perioperative management of patients with congenital heart disease: a multidisciplinary approach -- Atrial septal defects and ventricular septal defects -- Atrioventricular septal defects -- Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction -- Coarctation of the aorta and interrupted aortic arch -- Mitral valve diseases -- Aortopulmonary septal defects and patent ductus arteriosus -- Anomalous origin of the coronary arteries -- Persistent truncus arteriosus -- Total anomalous pulmonary venous return -- Transposition of the great arteries and the arterial switch operation -- Double-outlet right ventricle and double-outlet left ventricle -- Tetralogy of fallot with and without pulmonary atresia -- Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum -- Ebstein's malformation -- Single-ventricle lesions -- Tricuspid atresia -- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome -- Separating the circulations: cavopulmonary connections (bidirectional glenn, hemi-fontan) and the modified fontan operation -- The critical appraisal and use of evidence about therapy -- Pulmonary hypertension -- Inflammatory heart disease -- Infective endocarditis -- Syndromes and congenital heart defects -- Heritable heart disease as part of multisystem illness -- Cardiomyopathy.

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Pediatric intensivists, cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and anesthesiologists from the leading centers around the world present the collaborative perspectives, concepts, and state-of-the-art knowledge required to care for children with congenital and acquired heart disease in the ICU. Their multidisciplinary approach encompasses every aspect of the relevant basic scientific principles, medical and pharmacologic treatments, and surgical techniques and equipment. From the extracardiac Fontan procedure, and the Ross procedure through new pharmacologic agents and the treatment of pulmonary hypertension to mechanical assist devices, heart and lung transplantation, and interventional cardiac catheterization--all of the developments that are affecting this rapidly advancing field are covered in depth. Employs well-documented tables, text boxes, and algorithms to make clinical information easy to access. Features chapters each written and reviewed by intensivists, surgeons, and cardiologists. Integrates the authors' extensive experiences with state-of-the-art knowledge from the literature.