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Pediatric Heart Failure
Author(s): Robert Shaddy (Editor), Gil Wernovsky
- Publisher: CRC Press
- Publication Date: 2 Oct. 2019
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 928 pages
- ISBN-10: 0367393247
- ISBN-13: 9780367393243
Book Description
The first book of its kind, this reference describes current diagnostic and treatment strategies for acute and chronic heart failure in the fetus, neonate, child, and young adult-encompassing every aspect of pediatric heart failure including historical perspectives, the latest technologies in mechanical circulatory support, and recent information on the psychosocial aspects of heart failure in children.
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From the Back Cover
The first book of its kind, Pediatric Heart Failure describes current diagnostic and treatment strategies for acute and chronic heart failure in the fetus, neonate, child, and young adult. It encompasses every aspect of pediatric heart failure, including historical perspectives, the latest technologies in mechanical circulatory support, and the psychosocial aspects of heart failure in children. Coverage includes the causes and treatment of heart failure in the fetus, the developmental, cellular, neurohormonal, and immunologic mechanisms of pediatric heart failure, the genetic aspects of heart failure, and the alterations in cardiac function that occur after heart transplantation in children.
About the Author
Robert E. Shaddy, Gil Wernovsky
