Congenital Diseases of the Heart

Abraham M. Rudolph, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics and Senior Staff, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.

• Preface viChapter 1 The fetal circulation 1Chapter 2 Perinatal and postnatal changes in the circulation 25Chapter 3 Oxygen uptake and delivery 37Chapter 4 Functional assessment 62Chapter 5 Prenatal and postnatal pulmonary circulation 87Chapter 6 The ductus arteriosus and persistent patency of the ductus arteriosus 115Chapter 7 Ventricular septal defect 148Chapter 8 Atrial septal defect and partial anomalous drainage of pulmonary veins 179Chapter 9 Atrioventricular septal defect 203Chapter 10 Bicuspid aortic valve and aortic stenosis 225Chapter 11 Aortic atresia mitral atresia and hypoplastic left ventricle 257Chapter 12 Aortic arch obstruction 289Chapter 13 Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection 320Chapter 14 Pulmonary stenosis and atresia with ventricular septal defect (tetralogy of Fallot) 345Chapter 15 Pulmonary stenosis and atresia with intact ventricular septum 386Chapter 16 Tricuspid atresia and hypoplastic right ventricle 427Chapter 17 Ebstein malformation of the tricuspid valve 451Chapter 18 Aortopulmonary transposition 465Chapter 19 Truncus arteriosus communis 506Index 522