Pediatric Cardiology Fetal, Pediatric, and Adult Congenital Heart Diseases

This reference work aims to be the primary resource in the field of heart disease in children and adult congenital heart disease. It contains nearly 100 chapters covering all aspects of heart disease in three populations: fetus with acquired and congenital heart diseases, children with acquired and congenital heart diseases, and adults with congenital heart diseases. 

Divided into five main sections, the book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and continuously revised overview of what is known in the field as well as resources for practical use such as normal values, medication information, and review of published guidelines. The first section of the book includes historical background on congenital heart disease and the evolution of medical, surgical, and catheter therapeutics. The fetal heart disease section comes next and covers cardiovascular embryogenesis, etiological mechanisms, diagnostic tools, presentation and management, cardiomyopathies, arrhythmias, perinatal management, and emergencies. The bulk of the book lies in the third section on pediatric cardiology, which examines not only basic science, assessment, and therapies but also a wide variety of specific acquired and congenital diseases such as valvular lesions, arterial diseases, cyanotic heart diseases, cardiomyopathies, cardiac tumors, and pulmonary hypertension. This is followed by the section on adult congenital heart diseases, discussing echocardiography, electrophysiology, neurodevelopment, and a variety of unique aspects of congenital heart disease in the adult years. The final section of the book focuses on pharmacology with chapters on inotropes, vasopressors, diuretics, and more.

Pediatric Cardiology: Fetal and Pediatric Heart Diseases & Adult Congenital Heart Diseases is an essential reference for physicians, residents, fellows, medical students, nurse-practitioners, and allied health professionals in cardiology, pediatrics, cardiac surgery, and imaging/radiology.

Part I. Historical Perspective.- Evolution of a Science 1. Recognizing congenital heart disease.- 2. History of understanding pathology and hemodynamics of congenital heart disease.- 3. Evolution of medical, surgical, and catheter therapeutics.- Part II. Fetal Cardiology.- Cardiovascular Embryogenesis4. Embryological development of the cardiovascular system.- 5. Normal development of the cardiovascular system.- 6. Mechanisms of abnormal development of the cardiovascular system.- Etiological Mechanisms of Congenital Heart Disease7. Genetics.- 8. Environmental factors.- Diagnostic Tools in Managing Fetal Heart Diseases9. Fetal obstetrical ultrasound.- 10. Fetal echocardiography.- 11. Fetal magnetocardiography.- 12. Other imaging modalities.- Fetal Congenital Heart Diseases: Presentation and Management13. Shunt lesions.- 14. Obstructive lesions.- 15. Anomalies of the great vessels.- 16. Single ventricle and heterotaxy.- 17. Valvar lesions.- Fetal Cardiomyopathies18. Dilated cardiomyopathy.- 19. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.- Fetal Arrhythmia: Diagnosis and Management20. Bradyarrhythmia.- 21. Tachyarrhythmia.- 22. Premature beats.- Perinatal Management of Fetal Heart Diseases23. Assessment of the fetus with congenital heart disease.- 24. Multidisciplinary approach.- 25. Counseling for fetal heart disease.- Emergencies in Fetal Cardiology26. Primary heart failure.- 27. Secondary heart failure.- Part III. Pediatric CardiologyBasic Sciences of the Cardiovascular System28. Cardiovascular Anatomy.- 29. Cardiovascular Physiology.- 30. Electrophysiology .- Assessment of the Cardiovascular System31. History and physical examination.- 32. Diagnostic tools.- 33. Chest x-ray.- 34. ECG.- 35. Echocardiography.- 36. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization.- 37. CT scan and MRI.- 38. Exercise stress test.- Therapeutic Tools39. Interventional cardiac catheterization.- 40. Peripheral vascular intervention.- 41. Lymphatic intervention.- Congenital Heart DiseasesShunt Lesions42. Atrial septal defects.- 43. Atrioventricular septal defects.- 44. Ventricular septal defects.- 45. Arterial shunts.- Valvular Lesions 46. Tricuspid valve lesions.- 47. Mitral valve lesions.- 48. Pulmonary valve lesions.- 49. Aortic valve lesions.- Cyanotic Heart Diseases50. Right heart lesions.- 51. Left heart lesions.- 52. Single ventricle.- 53. Great vessel lesions.- Arterial Diseases54. Coarctation of aorta.- 55. Interrupted aortic arch.- 56. Vascular ring.- Systemic Venous Lesions57. Superior vena cava lesions.- 58. Inferior vena cava lesions.- 59. Coronary sinus lesions.- Pulmonary Venous Lesions60. Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return.- 61. Total anomalous pulmonary venous return.- 62. Pulmonary stenosis.- Coronary Artery Lesions63. Anomalous origin of coronary arteries from opposite sinus.- 64. Anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery.- Acquired Heart Diseases Cardiomyopathies 65. Dilated cardiomyopathy.- 66. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.- 67. Restrictive cardiomyopathy.- Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases Affecting Cardiovascular Disease68. Kawasaki Disease.- 69. Rheumatic fever.- 70. Infective endocarditis.- 71. Pericarditis .-  Adult Type Heart Diseases in the Pediatric Age 72. Ischemic Heart Disease.- 73. Lipid disorders.- Cardiac Tumors74. Benign tumors.- 75. Malignant tumors.- 76. Extracardiac masses.- Cardiac Trauma77.Cardiac trauma.- Pulmonary Hypertension78.- Pulmonary hypertension in the neonate.- 79. Pulmonary hypertension secondary to heart disease.- Part IV. Adult Congenital Heart Disease.- 80. Echocardiography.- 81. Cardiac catheterization.- 82. Electrophysiology.- 83. Unique aspects of congenital heart disease in the adult years.- 84. Shunt lesions.- 85. Obstructive lesions.- 86. Valvar lesions.- 87. Single ventricle.- 88. Maternal Heart Diseases.- 89. Neurodevelopment and Quality of Life in adults with congenital heart diseases.- Part V. Pharmacology.- 90. Inotropes.- 91. Afterload reducing agents.- 92. Vasopressors.- 93. Diuretics.- 94. Antiarrhythmic agents.- 95. Resuscitation agents.

Ra-id Abdulla, MD
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago,
Feinberg School of Medicine,
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL, USA
Senior Editor, Pediatric Cardiology, Springer Nature

Ra-id Abdulla is a pediatric cardiologist with more than three decades of experience in the field of pediatric cardiology. Dr. Abdulla currently holds the ranks of Professor of Pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and Visiting Professor of Pediatrics at Rush University in Chicago. Dr. Abdulla’s career in pediatric cardiology focuses on education and clinical practice. For much of his career, Dr. Abdulla oversaw the training of generations of young physicians in the field of pediatric cardiology in his past roles as Director of pediatric cardiology fellowship programs at the University of Chicago and Rush University, and his current role as co-Chair of the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Scholarship Oversight Committee at Northwestern University.

Over the course of his decades-long career, Dr. Abdulla has cared for thousands of children with heart diseases in the Chicago area and through numerous medical missions to developing countries where his efforts include non-invasive imaging and medical care for children with heart diseases, post-operative care, and the forging of self-sufficient programs in pediatric cardiology at medical centers in developing countries.

Dr. Abdulla is a sought-after speaker in the field of heart diseases in children, with emphasis on education, research, and publication. He is a frequent lecturer at various universities and medical centers in the United States and globally.

Dr. Abdulla’s dedication for propagation of knowledge and research through the written word in the field of pediatric cardiology is selfevident. He served for more than two decades as the Editor-in-Chief of Pediatric Cardiology, a leading medical journal in the field, published by Springer Nature, and is currently the Senior Editor of this journal. Furthermore, Dr. Abdulla served as editor and author of numerous pediatric cardiology articles and book publications before leading the effort in producing this major reference in the field of pediatric cardiology.

Robert H. Anderson, BSc, MD, PhD (Hon), FRCPath, FRCS Ed (Hon)
Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
University College, London, UK
Emeritus Editor, Cardiology in the Young, Cambridge University Press

Bob Anderson remains a renowned figure in cardiac morphology. Allegedly “retiring” in 2007, he is still active in both education and research. His research has impacted greatly on the fields of cardiac morphology, pediatric cardiology, and cardiovascular surgery. He is a much soughtafter speaker, lecturing at notable universities and medical centers worldwide, and at international conferences concerned with congenital heart disease, although now this is largely accomplished by Zoom. Throughout his career, he has championed a consistent and logical terminology for the normal and congenitally malformed heart, advocating use of terms which are congruent with developmental evidence. He has now published more than 1300 peer-reviewed manuscripts. This rich body of literature has significantly improved the current understanding of congenital cardiac malformations, helping shape the field of cardiac morphology to make it relevant to cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons.

Carl L. Backer, MD
UK HealthCare Kentucky Children’s Hospital,
Lexington, KY, USA
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

Dr. Backer is a senior pediatric heart surgeon with more than three decades experience in the field. He is a leading academic and clinical figure in the field of pediatric heart surgery. Dr. Backer has authored more than 500 book chapters and scientific articles and is the co-editor of the textbook Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.

Stuart Berger, MD
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago,
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Chicago, IL, USA
Dr. Berger is a leading figure in the field of pediatric cardiology. He heads the heart center at Ann & Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, one of the notable programs in the field in the United States, and has had numerous academic and clinical leading roles in pediatric cardiology. Dr. Berger is credited for more than 100 book chapters and&n