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Fetal Cardiology: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management

Fetal Cardiology: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management

Current price: $129.00
Publication Date: November 6th, 2018
Publisher:
Springer
ISBN:
9783319774602
Pages:
308

Description

Practical in approach and utilizing a systematic approach in the assessment of the fetal heart based on the recommendations of the leading societies

Comparison of line drawings, still ultrasound images and videos consistent with major society recommendations. Extended views for detailed fetal echocardiography will also be addressed

Key prognostic findings will be emphasized with discussion of the obstetric management of affected fetuses

"New" genetics including NIPT and array included

About the Author

John Simpson is Professor of Paediatric and Fetal Cardiology at the Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust. He qualified in medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 1987 and trained in paediatric cardiology at Guy's Hospital, London and the University of California, San Francisco. Professor Simpson has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers with a major focus on prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease. He was a co-author of the AEPC guidelines on the practice of fetal cardiology in Europe and is on the Editorial Board of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and the European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging. Vita Zidere is Consultant in Paediatric and Fetal Cardiology at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and at the Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust. She qualified in medicine from the Riga Stradins University in 1994 and trained in paediatric and fetal cardiology at the University Children's Hospital in Riga, Latvia, at Guy's Hospital, London and at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Centre, Babies Hospital, New York, USA. Dr Zidere has published peer-reviewed papers with a major focus on prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease. Owen Miller is a Consultant in Paediatric and Fetal Cardiology and Associate Medical Director, Evelina London Children's Hospital. He graduated from the University of Newcastle, Australia and trained in Paediatrics, Paediatric Intensive Care and Paediatric Cardiology in Sydney, Zurich and London. Dr Miller is a board member of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and his main clinical and research interests cover advanced cardiac imaging in fetal and paediatric cardiology.