Guest editor Teresa De Marco, MD, along with Brian Shapiro, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, convened a panel of experts to discuss the challenges in diagnosis and treatment and the emerging science regarding pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease. Contributing to the engaging discussion were James Fang, MD, University of Utah School of Medicine; Barry Borlaug, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and Srinivas Murali, MD, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA.
Technologic advances in the diagnosis and treatment of children with congenital heart disease have created new, expanded roles for the practicing pediatrician. Early identification of infants with serious lesions continues to be vital, and support of children and their families following surgery is central to the solution of emotional, employment, and childbearing problems these patients may eventually face.
This 5½ lb tome is the most detailed and comprehensive treatise on nearly all aspects of pediatric cardiology yet to be published. It is based on 1,943 carefully studied personal cases of the authors and represents the distilled experience of two eminent pediatric cardiologists as well as one of the country's outstanding cardiac pathologists. A few chapters are written by associates of the authors, each an authority on the subject matter of the chapter prepared.
In the previous issue of the magazine, we talked about how the lack of pituitary hormones manifests itself and what modern methods of diagnosis and treatment of these conditions exist. Today we continue the story about the disease of the hypothalamic-pituitary system and dwell on the symptoms of excessive secretion of pituitary hormones.
Heart Disease: Its Diagnosis and Treatment
