Adult Congenital Heart Disease

A practical approach to the investigation and treatment of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD), this fully updated Oxford Specialist Handbook is a concise and accessible overview of a complex condition. Packed with straightforward advice, management strategies and key clinical points, it equips clinicians with a sound understanding of the principles and physiology of ACHD.

An ideal reference tool for cardiology trainees, general cardiologists and acute medicine physicians, this second edition of Adult Congenital Heart Disease has been fully reviewed to include new guidelines and increased illustations to aid understanding. Brand new chapters on epidemiology, heart failure, device therapy and transition and transfer of care ensure that Adult Congenital Heart Disease remains the definitive guide to supporting clinicians throughout all aspects of the patient's care.

Contents

    <b>Part 1. Introduction to adult congenital heart disease</b>
    1: Sarah Bowater: Epidemiology of adult congenital heart disease
    2: Sara Thorne and Phil Botha: Morphology and classification
    3: Lucy Hudsmith: Non-invasive imaging
    4: Paul Clift and Sarah Bowater: Physiological testing
    5: Paul Clift and Sayqa Arif: Cardiac catheterization
    6: Sara Thorne: Influence of pulmonary blood flow on management and outcome
    7: Sara Thorne: Cyanosis
    <b>Part 2. Specific lesions</b>
    8: Sarah Bowater: Valve and outflow tract lesions
    9: Lucy Hudsmith and Sayqa Arif: Septal defects
    10: Sarah Bowater and Paul Clift: The Eisenmerger syndrome
    11: Paul Clift: Aortic lesions
    12: Sarah Bowater: Venous anomalies
    13: Sarah Bowater: Transposition complexes
    14: Tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia with VSD
    15: Paul Clift, Sarah Bowater and Phil Botha: Functionally univentricular hearts and Fontan circulation
    16: Sarah Bowater and Paul Clift: Pulmonary hypertension in ACHD
    17: Sarah Bowater: Rare conditions presenting in adulthood
    <b>3. General management issues of adult congenital heart disease</b>
    18: Lucy Hudsmith and Sarah Bowater: Emergencies
    19: Sarah Bowater: Heart failure in ACHD
    20: Sayqa Arif: Device therapy in ACHD
    21: Lucy Hudsmith: Contraception and pregnancy
    22: Sara Thorne: Endocarditis
    23: Nicola Pope: Transition and transfer of care
    24: Nicola Pope and Sarah Bowater: Lifestyle issues

Dr Sara Thorne is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK. Dr Thorne founded the hospital's Adult Cogenital Heart Disease Unit in 2000 having previously been a consultant at the Royal Brompton Hospital. She lectures nationallya nd itnernationally on congenital heart disease and cardiac disease and pregnancy, and is a lead consultant for training in adult congenital heart disease. Dr Sarah Bowater is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK. She joined the Adult Congenital Heart Disease unit in 2014 after completing training in congenital heart disease in Birmingham. Her specialist interests included the management of advanced congenital heart disease, and she is developing a programme of supportive care in congenital heart disease and heart failure. She also has experise in pregnancy in heart disease.