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Congenital Heart Disease in Adults, 3rd Edition,Elsevier, $172.00, ISBN: 978-1-4160-5894-6, 488pages, Hard Cover, ISBN-10: 1-4160-5894-X

Editors:Perloff, Joseph K., MD; Child, John S., MD;Aboulhosn, Jamil, MDSpecialties: Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Coro-nary Care

Imprint: Saunders

At A Glance

Dr. Perloff, the founding father of the field ofadult congenital heart disease, presents a decade’sworth of research and clinical data in the com-pletely redefined 3rd edition to bring you the mostcurrent information. With advances in diagnosisand treatment in children, more and more of thosewith CHD survive well into adulthood. Expertcontributors in various fields offer a multi-disciplinary, multi-system approach to treatmentso you get comprehensive coverage on all aspectsof the subspecialty, including basic unoperatedmalformations, medical and surgical perspectives,postoperative residue, and sequelae. As someonewho treats these patients, you need to be ready toprovide the continual care they require.

• Conveys a multidisciplinary, multi-systemapproach to the lifelong care of adult CHDpatients to put treatment in a broader context.

• Presents information in a consistent, logical styleso the information you need is easy to find andapply.

• Supplements the text with 600 clear conceptualillustrations to clarify difficult concepts.

• Features completely rewritten chapters toinclude the latest developments in the field,such as major advances in surgical and interven-tional techniques and the various needs ofpatients with adult CHD.

• Incorporates recently published trials such asthose involving cyanotic CHD and atherogen-esis, coronary microcirculation, and pathogen-

esis of thrombocytopenia to supplement thechapter on cyanotic CHD.

• Emphasizes advances in imaging in a newsection edited by an expert that covers echocar-diography as well as specialized imaging tech-niques.

• Illustrates the full range of advances in the fieldwith 600 images that reflect the latest progress.

• Includes new chapters Global Scope of ACHD;Cardiac Transplantation; ElectrophysiologicAbnormalities in Unoperated Patients andResidue and Sequelae After Cardiac Surgerytoprovide you with the latest information on thegrowth of the subspecialty and its effect ontreatment.

• Presents revisions by a new authorship ofexperts in infectious disease, genetics and epi-demiology, sports medicine, neurology, cardiacsurgery, cardiac anesthesiology, and more.

Score

Range Question Score

1–10 Are the author’s objectives met? 81–10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 101–5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 51–5 Is there significant duplication?

(1 = significant, 5 = insignificant)4

1–5 Are there significant omissions?(1 = significant, 5 = insignificant)

5

1–5 Rate the authority of the authors. 51–5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 51–5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 31–5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 41–5 Are there sufficient references? 51–5 Rate the currency of the references. 51–5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 51–5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 41–5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical

appearance of the book4

1–10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 101–10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new

edition needed?8

Description

This third edition of a book on congenital heartdisease in adults updates the 1998 edition.

Purpose

There has been a dramatic increase in the survivalof children with congenital cardiac anomalies

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since the previous edition was published, necessi-tating an extensive update in order to keep readersabreast of the current status of this evolving field.

Audience

The book is intended for students, physicians intraining, midlevel providers, and practicing physi-cians who care for patients with congenital heartdisease.

Features

The first two sections discuss the history and scopeof congenital heart disease and the dedicated, spe-cialized facilities to care for these patients. Sectionthree details cardiac imaging along with specificconsiderations including endocarditis, pregnancy,

exercise, and genetics. The fourth section isdevoted to procedural issues with individual chap-ters on cardiac surgery, transplantation, noncar-diac surgery, and transcatheter interventions.Section five includes chapters on the sequelae ofinterventions and nonoperative management.Numerous tables and algorithms make this aneasily accessible reference.

Assessment

This timely update serves as a useful reference forthose caring for adult patients with congenitalcardiac anomalies.

Gary Daniel, MDOchsner Clinic Foundation

1315 Jefferson Hwy.New Orleans, LA 70121

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