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Common Cardiac Issues in Pediatrics

Edited by Jonathan N. Johnson, MD, FACC, FAAP and Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD, FAAP
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Learn from leading experts the latest information on cardiac issues seen most often in a pediatric office. The scope of focus includes signs and symptoms, management of patients with acquired or congenital heart disease, cardiac implications of common infectious diseases, preventive cardiology strategies, and other issues that are frequently managed or evaluated by the primary care clinician.

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  1. Page xviii
    Introduction
  2. Page 1
    Part I. Evaluation of the Patient
    1. Page 3
      1. Clinical History and Physical Examination
    2. Page 13
      2. Electrocardiography
    3. Page 49
      3. The Role of Echocardiography
    4. Page 71
      4. Basics of Exercise Testing
    5. Page 79
      5. Chest Radiography
    6. Page 95
      6. Cardiac MR Imaging and CT
    7. Page 109
      7. Laboratory Studies
  3. Page 115
    Part II. Common Signs and Symptoms
    1. Page 117
      8. Chest Pain
    2. Page 133
      9. Syncope
    3. Page 147
      10. Palpitations and Arrhythmia
    4. Page 161
      11. Heart Murmur
    5. Page 171
      12. Evaluation of the Neonate with Congenital Heart Disease
  4. Page 185
    Part III. Congenital Heart Disease
    1. Page 187
      13. Fetal and Newborn Transitional Circulations
    2. Page 197
      14. Neonatal Screening for Heart Disease
    3. Page 205
      15. Surgical Procedures for Congenital Heart Disease
    4. Page 237
      16. Office Care of the Child After Cardiac Surgery
    5. Page 245
      17. Common Syndromes Associated with Cardiac Lesions
    6. Page 269
      18. Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
    7. Page 287
      19. Congenital Heart Lesions
      1. Page 287
        Aortic Valve Problems, Including Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Subaortic Membranes
      2. Page 292
        Atrial Septal Defects
      3. Page 296
        Atrioventricular Canal Defects
      4. Page 300
        Coarctation of the Aorta
      5. Page 305
        “Congenitally Corrected” Transposition of the Great Arteries
      6. Page 308
        Mitral Valve Anomalies
      7. Page 311
        Patent Ductus Arteriosus
      8. Page 314
        Patent Foramen Ovale
      9. Page 316
        Pulmonary Stenosis
      10. Page 320
        Single-Ventricle Lesions
      11. Page 325
        Systemic and Pulmonary Vein Anomalies
      12. Page 329
        Tetralogy of Fallot
      13. Page 334
        Transposition of the Great Arteries
      14. Page 339
        Tricuspid Valve Anomalies
      15. Page 343
        Truncus Arteriosus
      16. Page 347
        Vascular Rings and Slings
      17. Page 353
        Ventricular Septal Defects
  5. Page 359
    Part IV. Cardiomyopathies and Channelopathies
    1. Page 361
      20. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
    2. Page 377
      21. Dilated Cardiomyopathy
    3. Page 387
      22. Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
    4. Page 395
      23. Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy
    5. Page 411
      24. Long QT Syndrome and Other Channelopathies
  6. Page 421
    Part V. Acquired Cardiac Diseases
    1. Page 423
      25. Kawasaki Disease
    2. Page 443
      26. Acute Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease
    3. Page 463
      27. Cardiotoxicity Among Survivors of Childhood Cancer
  7. Page 475
    Part VI. Infectious Diseases
    1. Page 477
      28. Vaccines for Patients with Cardiac Conditions
    2. Page 487
      29. Lyme Carditis
    3. Page 497
      30. Endocarditis
    4. Page 511
      31. Prevention of Bacterial Endocarditis
    5. Page 517
      32. Myocarditis
    6. Page 529
      33. Pericardial Diseases
  8. Page 543
    Part VII. Preventive Cardiology
    1. Page 545
      34. Dyslipidemia
    2. Page 567
      35. Hypertension
    3. Page 595
      36. Cardiac Screening Prior to ADHD Treatment
    4. Page 603
      37. Cardiac Screening for Athletic Participation
    5. Page 613
      38. Autonomic Dysfunction
  9. Page 625
    Part VIII. General Issues in Primary Cardiac Care
    1. Page 627
      39. Neurodevelopmental and Psychosocial Outcomes in Children with Congenital Heart Disease
    2. Page 643
      40. Lifestyle Counseling
    3. Page 655
      41. Cardiac Pharmacology
    4. Page 685
      42. Transition and Transfer from Pediatric to Adult-Centered Cardiac Care
  10. Page 699
    Part IX. Special Conditions
    1. Page 701
      43. Cardiac Transplantation
    2. Page 713
      44. Pulmonary Hypertension
  11. Page 746
    Index

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