Preface vii1. Tools to diagnose cardiac conditions in children 12. Environmental and genetic conditions associated with heart disease in children 703. Classification and physiology of congenital heart disease in children 834. Anomalies with a left-to-right shunt in children 935. Conditions obstructing blood flow in children 1466. Congenital heart disease with a right-to-left shunt in children 1827. Unusual forms of congenital heart disease in children 2308. Unique cardiac conditions in newborn infants 2429. The cardiac conditions acquired during childhood 25610. Abnormalities of heart rate and conduction in children 28811. Congestive heart failure in infants and children 31112. A healthy lifestyle and preventing heart disease in children 325Additional reading 370Index 371
Walter H. Johnson, Jr., MD is Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Alabama Congenital Heart Disease Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.Camden L. Hebson, MD is Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Alabama Congenital Heart Disease Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.