Congenital Heart Disease: A Clinical, Pathological, Embryological, and Segmental Analysis

Authored by the originator of the  standard nomenclature for this spectrum of disorders, Congenital Heart  Disease: A Clinical, Pathological, Embryological, and Segmental Analysis  discusses the history, anatomic features, and physiologic consequences  of CHD—in one authoritative resource. The Van Praagh approach to the  segmental classification of CHD, developed and implemented by Dr.  Richard Van Praagh in the 1960s at Boston Children’s Hospital, remains  widely used today, facilitating communication among radiologists,  cardiologists, surgeons, and pediatricians who are involved in the  diagnosis, characterization, and management of this disease. This unique  atlas offers complete coverage of the ubiquitous Van Praagh “language”  of CHD, including the signs, symptoms, and clinical manifestations of  malpositioned, malformed, or absent cardiovascular chambers, vessels,  and valves using traditional as well as state-of-the-art technology.

• Based  upon the systematic, widely accepted Van Praagh system of three-part  notation used to succinctly describe the visceroatrial situs, the  orientation of the ventricular loop, and the position and relation of  the great vessels. 
• Demonstrates  how the Van Praagh approach facilitates interpreting and reporting  findings through cardiac imaging with CT, MR, and ultrasonography,  including fetal cardiac imaging. 
• Presents  the pathologic anatomy that pediatric and adult cardiologists,  radiologists, and echocardiographers need to understand in order to make  accurate diagnoses in complex congenital heart disease; as well as the  pathologic anatomy that interventionists, pediatric cardiac surgeons,  and adult congenital heart surgeons need to know in order to manage  their patients successfully. 
• Features  more than 550 high-quality images to help you visualize and recognize  malformations. § Shares the knowledge and expertise of a world-renowned  authority on congenital heart disease—a master teacher and the  originator of the Van Praagh segmental classification system. 
• Explores  the synergy between the various disciplines who manage patient care,  including surgeons, radiologists, cardiologists, pathologists, and  pediatricians.