Author Description

As a leading reference on pediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease, Anderson's Pediatric Cardiology provides exhaustive coverage of pediatric cardiovascular anomalies, sequelae related to these anomalies, comorbidities and neurodevelopmental problems, and current methods for management and treatment. The newly streamlined 5th Edition addresses significant and ongoing changes in practice, including recent developments in fetal, neonatal, and adult congenital heart conditions. The outstanding illustration program provides superb visual guidance and is supplemented with a remarkable collection of more than 350 professionally curated images and videos, many new to this edition. - Offers authoritative, long-term coverage of a broad spectrum of cardiology conditions, including congenital heart disease, adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), acquired heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and rhythm disturbances. - Features a newly streamlined format better incorporating the developmental and anatomical building blocks into clinical diagnosis and management, including diagnostic and management algorithms for quick reference guides. Learning Objectives and Chapter Summary Tables are also included. - Includes exquisite specimen images by Dr. Robert Anderson and Diane Spicer, dissected in easily recognizable analogous imaging planes. These are included in the over 850 anatomic, photographic, imaging, and algorithmic figures, and incorporate new images using virtual dissections of 3D datasets obtained in living patients. These images are complimented by new specimen demonstration videos by Diane Spicer. - Features improved organization and new content for the trainee and practicing provider, including new chapters on Physiology, The Pulmonary Circulation, Genetics, History and Physical Exam (with new high-quality auscultation audio files), Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Mechanical Ventilation, Basic Principles of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, and Development an