CHAPTER 37Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and Pericardial Diseases Dale A. Burkett and Adel K. Younoszai Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA Restrictive cardiomyopathy Introduction Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is a rare form of…
CHAPTER 25Transposition of the Great Arteries Xavier Iriart1, Meryl S. Cohen2, and Luc L. Mertens3 1 Bordeaux University Hospital (CHU), Pessac, France 2 The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA,…
CHAPTER 6Hemodynamic Measurements Mark K. Friedberg and Olivier Villemain The Hospital for Sick Children; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Introduction Hemodynamics refers to the physiology of blood flow. Pressure…
CHAPTER 28Hearts with Functional Single Ventricle,Superior‐Inferior Ventricles, and Crisscross Heart David N. Schidlow1 and Stephen P. Sanders2 1 Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA 2 Harvard Medical School; Boston Children’s…
CHAPTER 46Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension Pei‐Ni Jone Children’s Hospital Colorado; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA Introduction Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) is a progressive disease that carries…
CHAPTER 20Anomalies of the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract and Aortic Valve John M. Simpson and Owen I. Miller Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London, UK Definitions Obstruction of the left ventricular…
CHAPTER 44Fetal Echocardiography Lindsay R. Freud1 and Lisa K. Hornberger2 1 University of Toronto; The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada 2 Stollery Children’s Hospital; Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute;…
CHAPTER 7Left Ventricular Systolic Function Assessment Luc L. Mertens and Mark K. Friedberg The Hospital for Sick Children; University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Introduction Evaluation of systolic function is…
