Heart Failure in Children and Young Adults

Heart Failure in Children and Young Adults
This unique resource provides today’s state-of-the-art guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure in children and adolescents. Contributions from the fields of surgery, intensive care, pediatrics, and cardiology emphasize a balanced, team approach to heart failure management.
Contents
Section I: Basic Science of Heart Failure
1. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms in Heart Failure 2. Cardiovascular Receptors and Signaling in Heart Failure 3. Inflammatory Mediators in Heart Failure 4. Mechanisms of Hypertrophy in Heart Failure 5. Hemodynamic Adaptive Mechanisms in Heart Failure 6. Neurohumoral Axis and Natriuretic Peptides in Heart Failure 7. The Pressure-Volume Relationship in Heart Failure 8. Systolic and Diastolic Dysfunction Mechanisms and assessment of systolic vs diastolic failure 9. The Alveolar-Capillary Interface and Pulmonary Edema 10. Echocardiographic Quantitation of Ventricular Performance 11. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Heart Failure 12. Assessment of Heart Failure by Cardiac Catheterization
Section II: Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Heart Failure
13. Epidemiology and Economic Aspects of Pediatric Heart Failure 14. Clinical Recognition of Congestive Heart Failure in Children 15. Classification of Types of Heart Failure 16. Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Congenital Heart Disease 17. Acute myocarditis 18. Dilated Cardiomyopathy 19. Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and Constrictive Pericarditis 20. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 21. Valvular Insufficiency and Heart Failure 22. Valvular Stenosis and Heart Failure 23. Single Ventricle and Ventricular Performance 24. Dysrhythmias and Ventricular Dysfunction and Heart Failure 25. Heart Failure in the Fetus 26. Heart Failure in the Neonate 27. Heart Failures in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease 28. Heart Failure in Pediatric Pulmonary Diseases 29. The Failing Cardiovasculatory System in Sepsis 30. Outpatient Management of Pediatric Heart Failure 31. Nursing and Psychosocial Aspects of Heart Failure
Section III: Medical Treatment for Pediatric Heart Failure
32. Diuretics 33. Inotropic Agents in Heart Failure 34. Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors 35. Use of Vasodilators in Heart Failure 36. Âeta-adrenergic Receptor Blockade 37. Low Cardiac Output Syndrome in the Intensive Care Setting 38. New Drugs in Heart Failure 39. Electrophysiologic Devices in Heart Failure ( 40. Catheter Device Therapy for Heart Failure (Vivian Dimas, Anthony C. Chang)
Section IV: Cardiac Surgery and Pediatric Heart Failure
41. Pediatric Heart Transplantation 42. Surgical Strategies for the Failing Systemic Ventricle 43. Sudden Death and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Heart Failure 44. Valve Intervention for Valve Failure 45. General Principles of Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Support 46. Short-Term Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Support Devices 47. Ventricular Assist Device Support in Pediatric Patients 48. Long Term Ventricular Assist Devices in Children 49. The Adult Experience with Long-Term Assist Devices 50. Future of Mechanical Support Devices in Children and Young Adults