Description
Visual Guide to Neonatal Cardiology, 1st Edition is a definitive, visually driven reference dedicated to the evaluation, diagnosis, and management of cardiovascular disease in the newborn. Designed to support rapid recognition and informed clinical decision-making, this atlas combines authoritative content with an exceptional collection of over 900 high-quality color illustrations.
The book integrates a wide range of visual materials, including patient photographs, chest radiographs, electrocardiograms, echocardiograms, angiocardiograms, 3D computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and pathologic specimens, offering a complete visual framework for understanding neonatal heart disease.
Comprehensive coverage includes the natural history of fetal heart disease, as well as the rationale, indications, techniques, and clinical impact of fetal cardiac interventions. Detailed chapters review the anatomy and physiology of the neonatal cardiovascular system, emphasizing key differences across the fetal, transitional, neonatal, pediatric, and adult circulations.
The atlas also highlights essential clinical skills, including structured patient history-taking and a thorough guide to the neonatal cardiac examination, covering inspection, palpation, and auscultation of heart sounds and murmurs. More than 35 distinct morphologic cardiac conditions are presented in a standardized format, with sections on epidemiology, etiology and embryogenesis, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, management, and prognosis.
In addition, a dedicated neonatal formulary reviews commonly used medications for perioperative low cardiac output, congestive heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, sedation, pain control, and anticoagulation, providing practical therapeutic support.
Ideal for neonatologists, pediatric cardiologists, neonatal intensivists, fellows, residents, nurses, and allied health professionals, Visual Guide to Neonatal Cardiology is an indispensable resource for improving diagnostic accuracy and optimizing cardiovascular care in newborns.
