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UNINA9910876935503321 |
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Titolo |
Adult congenital heart disease : a practical guide / / Michael A. Gatzoulis ... [et al.] ; foreword by Eugene Braunwald |
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Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
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140514453X |
1-280-19698-X |
9786610196982 |
0-470-79064-4 |
0-470-75054-5 |
1-4051-4453-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Epidemiology of congenital heart disease -- Services for the adult with congenital heart disease -- Pregnancy and contraception -- Infective endocarditis prophylaxis -- Anticoagulation -- Lifestyle issues -- Long-term outcome -- Atrial septal defects and anomalous pulmonary venous drainage -- Ventricular septal defect -- Atrioventricular septal defect -- Left ventricular outflow tract disorders -- Coarctation of the aorta -- Transposition of the great arteries -- The single ventricle and Fontan circulations -- Tetralogy of Fallot and right ventricular outflow tract disorders -- Pulmonary atresia -- Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve -- Patent arterial duct -- Marfan syndrome -- Eisenmenger syndrome -- Other lesions -- Pulmonary hypertension -- Arrhythmia and syncope -- Suspected infective endocarditis -- Peri-operative care -- Heart failure: acute management -- Care of the cyanosed patient. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Congenital heart disease with its worldwide incidence of 1% is the most common inborn defect. Increasingly, patients are living into adulthood, with ongoing congenital heart and other medical needs. Sadly, only a small minority have specialist follow-up. However, all patients see their |
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