Diagnosis and Management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Hardcover

Gatzoulis MD PhD FACC FESC, Michael A.; Webb MD CM FACC, Gary D.; Daubeney MA DM FRCP FRCPCH DCH, Piers E. F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0702069299 ISBN 13: 9780702069291

Publisher: Elsevier, 2017

Synopsis

Designed to meet the needs of clinicians working with adults with congenital heart disease, Diagnosis and Management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease , by Drs. Michael A. Gatzoulis, Gary D. Webb, and Piers E. F. Daubeney, offers essential guidance on the anatomical issues, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment options available to practitioners today. This latest edition features completely updated content, including new information for nurses and nurse practitioners who, now more than ever, are playing an important role in the care of adults with CHD. You'll also access four new chapters, illustrated congenital defects, coverage of long-term outcomes, and much more.

• Drs. Gatzoulis, Webb, and Daubeney lead a team of experts ideally positioned to provide state-of-the-art global coverage of this increasingly important topic
• Each disease-oriented chapter is written to a highly structured template and provides key information on incidence, genetics, morphology, presentation, investigation and imaging, and treatment and intervention
• Congenital defects are illustrated with full-color line drawings and by the appropriate imaging modality (for example, EKG, x-ray, echocardiogram, MRI, CT, )
• Provides coverage of long-term outcomes, including the management of pregnant patients and patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery
• Expert Consult™ eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, videos, and references from the book on a variety of devices

About this title

About the Authors

Michael A. Gatzoulis, MD PhD FACC FESC is Professor of Cardiology, Congenital Heart Disease, and Consultant Cardiologist at the Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. He is also affiliated with the National Heart and Lung Institute at the Imperial College in London

Gary D. Webb is Editor-in-Chief, CHiP Network Editor Emeritus, ACHD Learning Center, Editor-in-Chief, Congenital Heart Disease Center of Excellence, Consulting Cardiologist for the Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults, Toronto General Hospital Toronto, ON, Canada.

Piers E. F. Daubeney, MA, DM, FRCP, FRCPCH, DCH is Professor of Paediatric Cardiology and Consultant Paediatric and Fetal Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College in London. They are highly regarded experts in both pediatric and adult congenital heart disease.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0702069299
• ISBN 13: 9780702069291
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 736