Pediatric cardiac surgery is a dynamic, fast-moving field. Busy
practitioners, like you, need clear and comprehensive guidance you
can rely on to ensure optimal patient care.
For over 25 years Pediatric Cardiac Surgery has
been the gold-standard reference for pediatric and adult congenital
heart surgeons, pediatric and congenital cardiologists,
intensivists, anesthesiologists, residents and nurses.
Now, in this thoroughly revised fourth edition, you again get
trusted, complete coverage of the field with timely new features
and expert reviews of critical topics including heart
transplantation, emerging modalities for diagnosing congenital
heart and tracheal defects, the surgical technique of Fontan
conversion with arrhythmia surgery, the medical challenges of
managing adult CHD patients, and more.
This new edition includes:
* Contributions from over 65 world-renowned experts
* More beautiful illustrations, by renowned medical illustrator
Rachid Idriss, which have brought acclaim to previous
editions
* Reviews of the embryology, physical findings, diagnostic
criteria, and therapeutic choices for each disease entity and
describes the latest in surgical techniques in each chapter
* All-new chapters that guide readers through new treatment
options and other key developments since the publication of
the third edition highlighting recent advances in congenital
heart surgery.
* All-new new chapters that review advances in right
ventricular to pulmonary artery conduits, arrhythmia surgery,
double outlet ventricles, and adult congenital heart disease, among
other key topics.
About the author
EDITED BY
CONSTANTINE MAVROUDIS, MD
Director, Congenital Heart Institute, Florida Hospital for
Children
Site Director, Johns Hopkins Children’s Heart Surgery, Florida
Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, USA
CARL L. BACKER, MD
Division Head, Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Ann & Robert H.
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern
University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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