Dr. James H. Moller is Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and Paul F. Dwan Professor in Education in Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Minnesota, where he has also served as Chief of Pediatrics, Chief of Staff and, from 1999-2003, Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics. He has further served as Chief of Pediatrics at Fairview-University Medical Center. Dr. Moller is an extremely well-known name in Pediatric Cardiology and has authored or co-authored over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited, authored or co-edited 14 books, including Pediatric Cardiology: The Essential Pocket Guide, a Wiley-Blackwell title he co-edits with Dr. Walter Johnson. A Past-President of the American Heart Association, Dr. Moller is the recipient of AHA's Gold Heart Award and a Meritorious Achievement Award from the AHA's Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young. He is also the recipient of a Distinguished Service Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics, whose Minnesota Chapter he has chaired. Currently he serves on the Editorial Boards of American Family Physician, Circulation, Focus on Outcomes Analysis, Progress in Pediatric Cardiology, and World Journal of Pediatrics.

The first edition of this text, edited by two of the world's most respected pediatric cardiologists, set the standard for a single-volume, clinically focused textbook on this subject.

List of Contributors, x
 
Preface, xvii
 
1 Normal and Abnormal Cardiac Development, 1
Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot, Monique R. M. Jongbloed & Robert E. Poelmann
 
2 Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, 23
Lisa J. Martin, Robert B. Hinton & D. Woodrow Benson
 
3 Developmental Physiology of the Circulation, 33
Abraham M. Rudolph
 
4 Basic Anatomy and Physiology of the Heart, and Coronary and Peripheral Circulations, 46
Julien I. E. Hoffman
 
5 Pulmonary Vascular Pathophysiology, 71
Marlene Rabinovitch
 
6 Clinical History and Physical Examination, 81
James H. Moller
 
7 Electrocardiography, 102
Anne M. Dubin
 
8 Echocardiography, 113
Rajesh Punn, Mark K. Friedberg & Norman H. Silverman
 
9 Radiographic Techniques, 157
Alison K. Meadows
 
10 Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography, 177
John D. R. Thomson & Shakeel A. Qureshi
 
11 Exercise Testing, 200
Per Morten Frederiksen
 
12 Thrombosis in Congenital and Acquired Disease, 206
Lindsay M. Ryerson, M. Patricia Massicotte & Mary E. Bauman
 
13 Genetic Testing, 222
Nitin Madan & Bruce D. Gelb
 
14 Practices in Congenital Cardiac Surgery: Pulmonary Artery Banding, Systemic to Pulmonary Artery Shunting, Cardiopulmonary Bypass, and Mechanical Ventricular Assist Devices, 231
James D. St. Louis & Roosevelt Bryant III
 
15 Postoperative Problems, 239
John M. Costello, Satish K. Rajagopal & Thomas J. Kulik
 
16 Fetal Treatment, 248
Helena M. Gardiner
 
17 Newborn Diagnosis and Management, 254
Kazuo Momma
 
18 Noncardiac Problems of the Neonatal Period, 261
James M. Greenberg
 
19 The Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Malformations, 268
Christopher Wren
 
20 Anatomy and Description of the Congenitally Malformed Heart, 276
Robert H. Anderson, Anthony M. Hlavacek & Jeffrey Smallhorn
 
21 Atrial Level Shunts Including Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection and Scimitar Syndrome, 289
Carlos A. C. Pedra & Simone R. Fontes Pedra
 
22 Atrioventricular Septal Defects, 308
Stuart Berger, Peter J. Bartz, David E. Saudek, John T. Hambrook & James S. Tweddell
 
23 Ventricular Septal Defect, 328
Daniel J. Penny
 
24 Aortopulmonary Shunts: Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Aortopulmonary Window, Aortic Origin of a Pulmonary Artery, 343
Jie Shen & D. Woodrow Benson
 
25 Sinus of Valsalva Fistula, 354
Alpay Çeliker & Seden Erten Çelik
 
26 Systemic Arteriovenous Fistula, 358
Ahmad I. Alomari
 
27 Left Ventricular Inflow Obstruction: Pulmonary Vein Stenosis, Cor Triatriatum, Supravalvar Mitral Ring, Mitral Valve Stenosis, 374
Walter H. Johnson Jr & James K. Kirklin
 
28 Left Ventricular Inflow Regurgitation, 386
Pierre-Emmanuel Séguéla, Bertrand Léobon & Philippe Acar
 
29 Right Ventricular Inflow Obstruction, 401
James H. Moller
 
30 Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction: Aortic Valve Stenosis, Subaortic Stenosis, Supravalvar Aortic Stenosis, and Bicuspid Aortic Valve, 406
Colin McMahon
 
31 Left Ventricular Outflow Regurgitation and Aortoventricular Tunnel, 426
Vijaya Joshi & Roxane McKay
 
32 Coarctation of the Aorta and Interrupted Aortic Arch, 436
Eric Rosenthal
 
33 Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction, 459
Philipp C. Lurz, Ingo Daehnert & Philipp Bonhoeffer
 
34 Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection, 476
Shiv Kumar Choudhary, Sachin Talwar & Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan
 
35 Tricuspid Atresia, 487
P. Syamasundar Rao
 
36 Ebstein Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve, 509
David J. Driscoll & Joseph A. Dearani
 
37 Anomalies of the Coronary Sinus, 518
Shannon M. Ma

The first edition of this text, edited by two of the world's most respected pediatric cardiologists, set the standard for a single-volume, clinically focused textbook on this subject. This new edition, revised and updated by contributors representing today's global thought leaders, offers increased coverage of the most important current topics, such as pediatric electrophysiology, congenital heart disease, cardiovascular genetics/genomics, and the identification and management of risk factors in children, while maintaining the clinical focus. Published with a companion website that features additional images for download, self-assessment questions designed to aid readers who are preparing for examinations, and other features, Pediatric Cardiovascular Medicine, Second Edition, is the perfect reference for residents, fellows, pediatricians, as well as specialists in pediatric cardiology.