Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Barry J. Maron Cardiomyopathies, or primary diseases of the myocardium, are not uncommon in infants and children. Although these conditions have been the subject of intensive investigation, our…
Transition to Adult Care Peter R. Ermis Wayne J. Franklin Introduction Over the past 70 years, since the first surgical palliation for tetralogy of Fallot by Drs. Blalock, Thomas, and…
Myocarditis Kathleen E. Simpson Shafkat Anwar Charles E. Canter Introduction The World Health Organization/International Society and Federation of Cardiology has defined myocarditis as an inflammatory myocardial disease diagnosed by a…
Inflammatory Noninfectious Cardiovascular Diseases Carolyn A. Altman William B. Kyle Kristen Sexson Tejtel Marietta M. DeGuzman Santiago Valdes Andrea Ramirez Introduction The vasculitides are a heterogeneous group of systemic disorders…
Transposition of the Great Arteries Athar M. Qureshi Henri Justino Jeffrey S. Heinle Introduction First described by the Scottish pathologist Dr. Matthew Baillie in 1797 (1), transposition of the great…
Chest Pain in Children and Adolescents Jonathan N. Johnson David J. Driscoll Chest pain is common in children and adolescents. In prospective studies, it accounts for 0.25% to 0.6% of…
Pediatric Heart Transplantation Robert E. Shaddy Francesco Parisi Pediatric heart transplantation has been practiced for over 30 years. With the advent of calcineurin inhibitors such as cyclosporine, heart transplant success…
Pulmonary Stenosis Lourdes R. Prieto Larry A. Latson Congenital obstruction to right ventricular outflow is most commonly due to pulmonary valve stenosis, but may also be intracavitary or supravalvar and…
Coarctation of the Aorta Robert H. Beekman III Coarctation of the aorta most commonly is a discrete stenosis of the proximal thoracic aorta (Fig. 45.1). However, considerable variation exists in…
Infective Endocarditis and Prevention Michael Gewitz Kathryn A. Taubert Infective endocarditis (IE) is a disease that is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality and remains a dreaded complication of structural…
