"Functionally" Single Ventricle: The Most Complex Congenital Heart Defect covers the most recent knowledge, methodologies, and techniques for diagnosing, managing, and treating pediatric patients with the "functionally" single ventricle congenital heart defect. The book covers epidemiology, ethnicity, racial issues, socioeconomic factors, fetal diagnosis, interventions, various treatment options available to pediatric patients, currently obtainable outcomes, and rescue plans after failure of conventional managements. In addition, it offers the potential for a wide range of future studies.…mehr
"Functionally" Single Ventricle: The Most Complex Congenital Heart Defect covers the most recent knowledge, methodologies, and techniques for diagnosing, managing, and treating pediatric patients with the "functionally" single ventricle congenital heart defect. The book covers epidemiology, ethnicity, racial issues, socioeconomic factors, fetal diagnosis, interventions, various treatment options available to pediatric patients, currently obtainable outcomes, and rescue plans after failure of conventional managements. In addition, it offers the potential for a wide range of future studies. Clinicians and researchers alike will find this title to be an invaluable one-stop resource for improving outcomes of pediatric patients with this complex congenital heart defect.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Antonio F. Corno, MD, FRCS (Glasgow), FETCS, FACC, is an internationally respected professor, educator, researcher, scientist, and surgeon with congenital heart disease expertise. He received his MD and Specialist Degree in Cardiac Surgery, cum laude, from the University of Pavia, Italy, a Specialist Degree in Thoracic Surgery, cum laude, from the University Siena, Italy, and Privat-Docent in Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr. Corno has completed over 3000 congenital heart defect surgical procedures during his career and has been instrumental in opening multiple pediatric cardiac surgical units worldwide. He has published numerous books, chapters, peer-reviewed articles & editorials/commentaries on clinical and scientific research and serves as chief editor and editorial board member/reviewer of several international medical journals.
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1. Definition and terminology 2. Epidemiology 3. Genetics 4. Morphology 5. Associated cardiac and non-cardiac malformations 6. Fetal diagnosis 7. Ethical implications of fetal diagnosis 8. Fetal interventions 9. Fetal brain damages 10. Post-natal diagnosis 11. Pathophysiology 12. Neonatal care 13. Required diagnostic information for decision-making 14. Anesthesia 15. Interventional cardiology procedures 16. Surgical procedures, including neonatal palliations, hybrid procedures, bidirectional Glenn and variations, Fontan completion, biventricular repair 17. Peri-operative management 18. Interstage monitoring 19. Required post-operative diagnostic information 20. Fontan failure, with Fontan take-down and conversion, and mechanical circulatory support 21. Transplantation, including heart, heart and lung, heart and liver 22. Exercise 23. Pregnancy 24. Adolescents and adults without Fontan completion 25. Psychological aspects 26. Role of the families 27. Neurodevelopmental outcomes 28. Management in low-income countries 29. Comparative medicine 30. Future studies