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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455009603321

Autore

Neill Catherine A

Titolo

The Heart of a child [[electronic resource] ] : what families need to know about heart disorders in children / / Catherine A. Neill, Edward B. Clark, Carleen Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-8018-7367-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

A Johns Hopkins Press health book

Altri autori (Persone)

ClarkEdward B

ClarkCarleen

Disciplina

618.92/12

Soggetti

Congenital heart disease in children

Heart - Diseases

Children - Diseases

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-339) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction The Heart of a Child""; ""Part I Identifying a Childâ€?s Heart Problem and Its Causes  ""; ""Chapter 1 Recognizing a Heart Problem""; ""Chapter 2 The Developing Heart""; ""Chapter 3 The Risk Factors for Heart Defects""; ""Part II Heart Problems in Children""; ""Chapter 4 Defects in the Developing Heart""; ""Chapter 5 Conotruncal Defects""; ""Chapter 6 Endocardial Cushion Defects""; ""Chapter 7 Other Congenital Heart Defects""; ""Chapter 8 Acquired Heart Problems""; ""Part III The Treatment of Heart Defects""

""Chapter 9 Problems That Require No Treatment""""Chapter 10 Problems That Require Emergency Treatment after Birth""; ""Chapter 11 Problems That May Be Treated without Surgery""; ""Chapter 12 Problems That May Be Treated Surgically in Infancy or Childhood""; ""Chapter 13 Problems That Require Complex Treatment""; ""Chapter 14 Complications of Childhood Heart Problems""; ""Chapter 15 Children with Multiple Handicaps""; ""Chapter 16 When Treatment Fails""; ""Part IV The Child Grows Up""; ""Chapter 17 Living with a Heart Problem""; ""Chapter 18 Living with a Healthy Heart""

""Chapter 19 The Heart of a Child in the Twenty-first Century""""



Resources""; ""Glossary""; ""Further Reading""; ""Index""