Ediciones Norma Capitel

Páginas     400
Tamaño     24,00 x 16,20 cm.
Peso           730 gr.

Encuadrenación  Cartoné (Tapa dura)
Impresión              b/n

 ÍNDICE DE CAPÍTULOS

  SESSION I  EMBRYOLOGY

1  Introduction to the embryology of the heart and septa: "The horseshoe".  2  Atrial septation.  3  Morphogenetic movement and ventricular partitioning.  4  Embryological development of the endocardial atriioventricular cushions in the chick embryo.  5  Fusion mechanisms of endocardial atrioventricular chushions.  6  Development of the conduction system during septation of the heart. Animal embryo studies.  7  Human enbryo studies on the conduction system, with special reference to its position in atrioventricular septal defects.  8  Contribution of the truncal and conal ridges to the formation of the definitive ventricular septum of the chick embryo.

SESSION II  PATHOLOGY

9  The anatomy of the septal structures of the normal heart. 10  The anatomy of atrioventricular septal defects. 11  The atrioventricular conduction system in atrioventricular septal defects. 12  Atroiventricular septal defects. Associated Malformations. 13  Aggravating factors in the development of pulmonary vascular sisease: The different patterns of structural change in different types of congenital heart disease. 14 Atrioventricular septal defects associated with anomalies of the aortico-pulmonary septation. 15  Pathological findings of surgical interest in the association of atrioventricular septal defects and tetralogy of Fallot. 16  Conclusions.

SESSION III  ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS. DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES

17  Atrioventricular septal defects. natural history and clinical picture. 18  Cross-sectional echocardiographic appearances of atrioventricular septal defects. 19  Hemodinamyc and angiographic evaluation. 20  Angiographic anatomy of atrioventricular septal defect associated with tetralogy of Fallot. 21  Natural history of  atrioventricular septal defects. 22  Ventricular function in atrioventricular septal defects with Down´s  syndrome. 23  Atrioventricular septal defects. An echocardiographic study of associated malformations. 24  Associated anomalies in the atrioventricular septal defect demonstrated by angiocardiography.

SESSION IV  ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS: SURGERY

25  Atrioventricular septal defect with common valve orifice but without atrial component. 26  Pulmonary artery banding in septal defects. 27  Complete atrioventricular septal defects: Surgical management in infancy. 28  Special problems in relation to atrioventricular valves in atrioventricular septal defects. 29  Atrioventricular septal defects associated with tetralogy of Fallot. 30  Atrioventricular septal defects. Risk factors in surgical treatment. 31  Valve prosthesis in atrioventricular septal defects. 32  Repair of complete atrioventricular septal defects in infancy. 33  Surgical repair of atrioventricular septal defects with common atrioventricular orifice.

SESSION V  ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS: INTENSIVE CARE

34  Atrioventricular septal defects. Postoperative management. Routine measures. Low Cardiac output. 35  Patients at risk of having post-operative pulmonary hypertension: an approach to management.  36  Complete atrioventricular septal defect. Medical y Surgical treatment. 37  Long term results after repair of atrioventricular septal defect. 38  Respiratory monitoring and treatment during the inmediate postoperative period of atrioventricular septal defects.

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION

39  Regulation and structure of the α-and β-cardiac myosin heavy chain genes.

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La obra es un conjunto de los trabajos, ponencias y conclusiones del Congreso Internacional sobre Cardiología Pediátrica, celebrado en Madrid, con la asistencia de los líderes internacionales en la especialidad.

Ha sido publicado en inglés para respetar la expresión de los 100 autores que participan en la misma.

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