Pediatric Cardiology: The Essential Pocket Guide - Softcover

Johnson, Walter H., Jr., M.D.; Moller, James H.

9781405178181: Pediatric Cardiology: The Essential Pocket Guide

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405178183 ISBN 13: 9781405178181

Publisher: Blackwell Pub, 2008

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A unique and straightforward explanation of complex pathophysiology of cardiac malformations
Addresses the important and growing concern of diagnosing heart disease and cardiac problems in pediatric care
Provides the skills necessary for today's managed care environment in using the history, physical examination, ECG, and chest X-ray to uncover possible problems and eliminate areas of false concern
Topics covered include preventive cardiology and health promotion, heart disease in the neonate and in special populations, congenital cardiac malformation, acquired cardiac conditions, and congestive heart failure

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Pediatric Cardiology is a unique and straightforward book, addressing the growing concern of diagnosing heart disease and cardiac problems in pediatric care. Now in its second edition, this book offers a unique explanation of complex pathophysiology of cardiac malformations, providing the skills necessary for today's managed care environment in using the history, physical examination, ECG, and chest X-ray to uncover possible problems and eliminate areas of false concern.

Topics covered in the second edition include:

preventive cardiology and health promotion
heart disease in the neonate and in special populations
congenital cardiac malformation
acquired cardiac conditions
congestive heart failure.

Pediatric Cardiology, Second Edition is an ideal reference for medical students, pediatric residents, house officers and registrars, pediatric cardiology fellows and trainees and practicing pediatricians.

About the Author:

Walter H Johnson
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham
AL, USA

James H Moller
Professor and Head of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota
Paul F Dwan Professor of Pediatric Cardiology
Minneapolis
MN, USA

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