CHAPTER 18Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum Jami C. Levine Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Definition Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PA/IVS) is a relatively uncommon congenital heart…
CHAPTER 15Mitral Valve and Left Atrial Anomalies James C. Nielsen and Daniela Y. Rafii Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, New York, NY, USA Definitions In this chapter we focus…
CHAPTER 41Infective Endocarditis Manfred Otto Vogt1 and Andreas Kühn2 1 Technische Universität München; Special Practice for Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects, Munich, Germany 2 German Heart Center Munich; Special…
CHAPTER 13Ventricular Septal Defects Shobha Natarajan and Meryl S. Cohen The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA Definition A ventricular septal defect (VSD) is defined as a communication between…
CHAPTER 30Cardiac Malposition and Heterotaxy Syndrome Lindsay S. Rogers and Meryl S. Cohen The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA Cardiac malposition Definitions Cardiac malposition is defined as any…
CHAPTER 24Truncus Arteriosus and Aortopulmonary Window Timothy C. Slesnick1, Ritu Sachdeva1, Joe R. Kreeger2, Maria A. Pernetz3, and William L. Border1 1 Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Sibley Heart Center; Emory…
