Shaddy, Robert Wernovsky, Gil text xxu London Taylor & Francis 2005 monographic eng

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xix, 897 p. : ill ; 23 cm. Contents: Heart failure - A historical perspective -- Developmental aspects of cardiac performance -- Cellular and molecular aspects of myocardial dysfunction -- Neurohormonal and immunologic aspects of pediatric heart failure -- Genetics of pediatric heart failure -- Heart failure in the fetus -- Heart failure in the neonate -- Metabolic causes of pediatric heart failure -- Cardiomyopathy and myocarditis -- Inflammatory causes of pediatric heart failure: Rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, and kawasaki disease -- Arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in pediatric heart failure -- Single ventricle lesions -- Right-sided heart failure -- Chronic heart failure in congenital heart disease -- Mdedical management of chronic systolic left ventricular dysfunction in children -- Nutritional aspects of pediatric heart failure -- Heart failure postpediatric heart transplantation -- Cancer treatment-related cardiotoxicities -- Coronary artery abnormalities -- Heart failure in the postoperative patient -- Ventricular assist devices -- Psychosocial aspects of acute and chronic heart failure in children -- Heart failure in the adult with congenital heart disease (ACHD) edited by Robert E. Shaddy and Gil Wernovsky. Includes index. RJ426.H43 P43 9780824759292 190731