GENERAL

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

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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…

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Transition to Adult Care

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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…

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Myocarditis

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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…

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Inflammatory Noninfectious Cardiovascular Diseases

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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…

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Transposition of the Great Arteries

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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…

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Chest Pain in Children and Adolescents

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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…

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Pediatric Heart Transplantation

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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…

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Pulmonary Stenosis

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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…

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Coarctation of the Aorta

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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…

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Infective Endocarditis and Prevention

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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…

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