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| Summary: | "The 9th edition of the gold standard in pediatric cardiology offers up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of this challenging and rapidly changing field. New chapters based on reader requests, two new associate editors, new contributing authors, and an enhanced digital version of the text make Moss and Adams' Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents the reference you'll turn to when caring for patients. From cover to cover, this award-winning two-volume resource provides the authoritative, state-of-the-art information you need when caring for young patients with heart diseas"--Publisher's description.
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| Item Description: | Revised edition of: Moss and Adams heart disease in infants, children, and adolescents : including the fetus and young adult / Hugh D. Allen [and others]. 8th ed. ©2013. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (some color), portraits |
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| Production Credits: | Section VII: Diseases of the endocardium, myocardium, and pericardium. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy -- Dilated cardiomyopathy -- Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy -- Myocarditis -- Restrictive cardiomyopathy -- The heart in the muscular dystrophies -- Kawasaki disease (mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) -- Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease -- Inflammatory noninfectious cardiovascular diseases -- Pericardial diseases -- Infective endocarditis and prevention -- Myocardial ischemia in the pediatric population -- Pediatric heart transplantation -- Section VIII: Pulmonary vascular disease. Pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension -- Pediatric pulmonary hypertension -- Section IX: Unique issues regarding the young adult with congenital heart disease. The adolescent and adult with congenital heart disease -- Transition to adult care -- Pregnancy in young women with congenital heart disease -- Section X: Other special problems and issues. Chest pain in children and adolescents -- Coronary risk factors in children -- Cardiac tumors -- Chronic heart failure in children -- Neurodevelopmental outcomes after heart surgery in children -- Hematologic aspects of pediatric and adolescent heart disease: bleeding, clotting, and blood component abnormalities -- Impact of cardiac disease on other organ systems -- Evaluation of quality of life in children and adolescents with congenital and acquired heart disease -- Beyond the cardiac device: comprehensive care of children and young adults with implantable cardiac devices -- Safety and quality in the heart center -- The global challenge of heart disease -- Design, execution, and appraisal of clinical trials -- Pharmacology. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| ISBN: | 1496300262
9781496300263
1496375084
9781496375087 |
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| Language: | English. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from pdf title page (Ovid Books, viewed March 26, 2017). |
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