Heart failure -- a historical perspective / Abraham M. Rudolph -- Developmental aspects of cardiac performance / David F. Teitel -- Cellular and molecular aspects of myocardial dysfunction / Steven M. Schwartz -- Neurohormonal and immunologic aspects of pediatric heart failure / Reiner Buchhorn -- Genetics of pediatric heart failure / Timothy M. Olson -- Heart failure in the fetus / Lisa K. Hornberger and Masaki Nii -- Heart failure in the neonate / Dana Connolly, Marcelo Auslender, and Michael Artman -- Metabolic causes of pediatric heart failure / Brian D. Hanna -- Cardiomyopathy and myocarditis / J.A. Towbin, Matteo Vatta, and N.E. Bowles -- Inflammatory causes of pediatric heart failure: rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, and Kawasaki disease / Lloyd Y. Tani and Robert E. Shaddy -- Arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in pediatric heart failure / Michael J. Silka and Jacqueline R. Szmuszkovicz -- Single ventricle lesions / Charles E. Canter.
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Right-sided heart failure / Erika Berman Rosenzweig and Robyn J. Barst -- Chronic heart failure in congenital heart disease / Daphne T. Hsu -- Medical management of chronic systolic left ventricular dysfunction in children / Robert E. Shaddy -- Nutritional aspects of pediatric heart failure / Catherine A. Leitch -- Heart failure postpediatric heart transplantation / Mark Boucek -- Cancer treatment-related cardiotoxicities / Svjetlana Tisma-Dupanovic [and others] -- Coronary artery abnormalities / Elfriede Pahl and Stephen G. Pophal -- Heart failure in the postoperative patient / Chitra Ravishankar and Gil Wernovsky -- Ventricular assist devices / Pedro J. del Nido -- Psychosocial aspects of acute and chronic heart failure in children / Kathy Mussatto -- Heart failure in the adult with congenital heart disease (ACHD) / Michael J. Landzberg.
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Describes current diagnosis and treatment stragegies for acute and chronic heart failure in the fetus, neonate, child, and young adult--encompassing every aspect of pediatric heart failure including historical perspectives, the latest technologies in mechanical circulatory support, and recent information on the psycho-social aspects of heart failure in children.