Table of Contents:

Chapter 1.     Chest Pain

Chapter 2.     Murmurs

Chapter 3.     Palpitations

Chapter 4.     Syncope

Chapter 5.     Cyanosis

Chapter 6.     Dyspnea

Chapter 7.     Exercise Intolerance

Chapter 8.     Cardiogenic Shock

Chapter 9.     Failure to Thrive

Chapter 10.   Hypertension

Chapter 11.   Basic Pathophysiology

Chapter 12.   Atrial Septal Defects (ASD)

Chapter 13.   Ventricular Septal Defect

Chapter 14.   Atrioventricular Canal Defect

Chapter 15.   Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Chapter 16.   Other Left-To-Right Shunt Lesions

Chapter 17.   Noncritical Valve Lesions

Chapter 18.   Arterial Abnormalities

Chapter 19.   Heterotaxy

Chapter 20.   Tricuspid Atresia

Chapter 21.   Tetralogy of Fallot

Chapter 22.   Pulmonary Atresia, Intact Ventricular Septum

Chapter 23.   Ebstein Anomaly

Chapter 24.   Peripheral Pulmonary Stenosis

Chapter 25.   Cotriatriatum

Chapter 26.   Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (Mitral Atresia)

Chapter 27.   Coarctation of the Aorta

Chapter 28.   Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Chapter 29.   Single Ventricle

Chapter 30.   Truncus Arteriosus

Chapter 31.   Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA)

Chapter 32.   Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMS)

Chapter 33.   Acquired Heart Disease

Chapter 34.   Cardiac Trauma

Chapter 35.   Tumors and Carcinomas Involving the Heart

Chapter 36.   Cardiac Arrhythmias

Chapter 37.   The Resting Electrocardiogram and Ambulatory ECG Monitoring

Chapter 38.   Tilt Table Testing

Chapter 39.   Stress Testing

Chapter 40.   Chest Radiography

Chapter 41.   Nuclear Imaging

Chapter 42.   Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Chapter 43.   Echocardiography

Chapter 44.   Cardiac Catheterization

Chapter 45.   The Electrophysiologic Study

Chapter 46.   Interventional Cardiac Catheterization

Chapter 47.   Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation

Chapter 48.   Pediatric Pacemakers and ICDS

Chapter 49.   Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Chapter 50.   Sports Restrictions and Adolescents

Chapter 51.   Telemedicine

Chapter 52.   Office Emergencies and Transport

Chapter 53.   Surgical Clearance

Chapter 54.   Heart Transplantation

Chapter 55.   Systemic Diseases and the Heart

Chapter 56.   Routine Pediatric Complaints in the Pediatric Cardiac Patient

Chapter 57.   Hyperlipidemia and Preventative Cardiology

Chapter 58.   Ethics in Pediatric Cardiology

Chapter 59.   Hematologic Issues in the Pediatric Cardiology Patient

Chapter 60.   Fetal Cardiology

Appendix:  Pharmacology in Pediatric Cardiology