Park's The Pediatric Cardiology Handbook

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Cardiovascular Risk Factors

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Blood Pressure Standards

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Selected Postoperative Complications

Selected postoperative complications are discussed briefly in this chapter. Problems that occur in the immediate postoperative period, such as low cardiac output state, minor rhythm disorders, blood pressure abnormalities, and renal, metabolic, and hematologic abnormalities, are discussed in Chapter 28.…

Pre- and Postoperative Management

The current trend is to carry out total repair of CHDs at an early age whenever such repair is technically possible. Early total repair may obviate the need for palliative procedures. This may also prevent pulmonary vascular disease or permanent…

Pediatric Preventive Cardiology

Atherosclerotic CVD is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and is responsible for more than 50% of all deaths in the United States. Although most of the clinical burden of CVD occurs in adulthood, risk factors for CVD develop…

Dyslipidemias

High levels of total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are all risk factors for coronary atherosclerosis. A link has been established between increased levels of triglycerides (TGs) and coronary heart…