Heart Failure in Congenital Heart Disease:: From Fetus to Adult

187 Pages·2011·5.16 MB·English

by  Deepika Thacker

Heart Failure in Congenital Heart Disease
Robert E. Shaddy
(Editor)
Heart Failure in
Congenital Heart Disease
From Fetus to Adult
Editor
Robert E. Shaddy
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania School
of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
ISBN 978-1-84996-479-1 e-ISBN 978-1-84996-480-7
DOI 10.1007/978-1-84996-480-7
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Preface
Survival outcomes for patients with congenital heart disease have greatly improved over
the last two decades. Because of better and longer survival in these patients who often have
abnormal ventricular morphology, the incidence of heart failure in this patient population
has also increased. Although there is a significant evidence base for the treatment of heart
failure in adults, the evidence base for treating children and adults with congenital heart
disease is significantly less. The purpose of this book is to describe the current state-of-the-
art for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure in patients with congenital heart
disease.
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Contents
 1  Heart Failure in the Fetus with Congenital Heart Disease ..............................  1
Deepika Thacker and Jack Rychik
 2  Unique Aspects of Heart Failure in the Neonate ...............................................  21
Jack F. Price
 3  Chronic Heart Failure in Children with Congenital Heart Disease ................  43
Kimberly Y. Lin and Robert E. Shaddy
 4  Heart Failure in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease ...................................  59
Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Georgios Giannakoulas,
and Michael A. Gatzoulis
 5   Indications and Outcomes of Heart Transplantation  
in the Patient with Congenital Heart Disease ....................................................  87
Charles E. Canter
 6  Right Ventricular Failure in Congenital Heart Disease ................................... 109
Luis Antonio Altamira and Andrew N. Redington
 7   Mechanical Circulatory Support in the Patient with Congenital  
Heart Disease ........................................................................................................ 123
Chitra Ravishankar, Troy E. Dominguez,
Tami M. Rosenthal, and J. William Gaynor
 8   Electrophysiology Issues and Heart Failure in Congenital  
Heart Disease ........................................................................................................ 155
Scott R. Ceresnak and Anne M. Dubin
Index  ............................................................................................................................. 173
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Contributors
Luis Antonio Altamira, MD Michael A. Gatzoulis, MD, PhD
Pediatric Cardiology, Professor of Cardiology,
The Hospital for Sick Children, National Heart and Lung Institute,
University of Toronto School of Medicine, Imperial College,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada London, UK
Charles E. Canter, MD J. William Gaynor, MD
St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Department of Surgery,
Washington University School of Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,
St. Louis, MO, USA University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine,
Scott R. Ceresnak, MD Philadelphia, PA, USA
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital,
Stanford University School of Medicine, Georgios Giannakoulas, MD, PhD
Palo Alto, CA, USA Royal Brompton Hospital,
Sydney Street,
Konstantinos Dimopoulos, MD, MSc, PhD London, UK
Royal Brompton Hospital,
Sydney Street, London, UK Kimberly Y. Lin, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,
Troy E. Dominguez, MD University of Pennsylvania
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, School of Medicine,
London, UK Philadelphia, PA, USA
Anne Dubin, MD Jack F. Price, MD
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital,
Stanford University School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine,
Palo Alto, CA, USA Houston, TX, USA
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