The natural and unnatural history of congenital heart disease /

Evaluates the natural history of congenital heart lesions as a background to finding out if and how much treatment has improved outcomes.; Introduces and defines lesions, providing general information about its frequency, familial or syndromic associations, and associated congenital heart lesions.;...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hoffman, Julien I. E., 1925-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Subjects:	Congenital heart disease > Prognosis. Congenital heart disease > Treatment > Evaluation. Heart > Diseases. Outcome assessment (Medical care) Heart Defects, Congenital > therapy Heart Diseases Treatment Outcome
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part 1 Introduction; 1 Practical and Theoretical Considerations; 2 Associated Noncardiac Problems; Part 2 Surgical Procedures; 3 Aortopulmonary Shunts; 4 Banding the Pulmonary Artery; 5 Valves and Conduits; 6 Single Ventricle Repairs; 7 Transplantation; Part 3 Left-to-Right Shunts; Section A: Aortic Origin; Section B: Ventricular or Atrial Origin; Part 4 Obstructive Lesions; Section C: Right Ventricular Outflow Tract; Section D: Left Ventricular Outflow Tract and Aorta; Section E: Left Ventricular Inflow Tract; Section F: Regurgitant Lesions.