Adult congenital heart disease a practical guide / [[Book] :]
Michael A. Gatzoulis ... [et al.] ; foreword by Eugene Braunwald.
- Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., c2005.
- 274p. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Epidemiology of congenital heart disease -- Services for the adult with congenital heart disease -- Pregnancy and contraception -- Infective endocarditis prophylaxis -- Anticoagulation -- Lifestyle issues -- Long-term outcome -- Atrial septal defects and anomalous pulmonary venous drainage -- Ventricular septal defect -- Atrioventricular septal defect -- Left ventricular outflow tract disorders -- Coarctation of the aorta -- Transposition of the great arteries -- The single ventricle and Fontan circulations -- Tetralogy of Fallot and right ventricular outflow tract disorders -- Pulmonary atresia -- Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve -- Patent arterial duct -- Marfan syndrome -- Eisenmenger syndrome -- Other lesions -- Pulmonary hypertension -- Arrhythmia and syncope -- Suspected infective endocarditis -- Peri-operative care -- Heart failure: acute management -- Care of the cyanosed patient.