Copyright Year  2023

Edition Number  7

Approx. 900 illustrations (450 in full color)

Page Count  640

ISBN Number 9780323529648

Print + eBook

Covering the full spectrum of CHD from infants through adults, Perloff’s Clinical Recognition of Congenital Heart Disease, 7th Edition, provides unparalleled guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of common and uncommon CHD in one definitive resource.

The editors of this new edition, Drs. Ariane J. Marelli and Jamil A. Aboulhosn, have maintained Dr. Joseph Perloff’s richly nuanced approach while bringing this classic text completely up to date with all the latest evidence and technologic advances in the field. With its comprehensive, step-by-step approach, you’ll acquire a structured understanding of CHD across age ranges, allowing you to effectively detect these conditions as early as possible. 

Key Features

NEW in the 7th Edition: 

• Updated images throughout, as well as phonocardiograms, electrocardiograms, flow charts, and anatomic drawings

• Specific, integrated findings for individual patients with Dr Perloff’s classic approach to diagnosis and treatment

• Streamlined review of sequelae and complications

• Historical Notes at the beginning of each chapter

• Tips on selecting among the increasing array of currently available procedures, helping foster and develop clinical judgment skills

• Update on genetic contributions to clinical recognition for a more complete presentation of patient diagnosis.

• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Introduction: Formulation of the Problem

2 Functional Murmurs

3 The Cardiac Malpositions

4 Isolated Congenital Complete Heart Block

5 Congenital Abnormalities of the Pericardium

6 Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries

7 Congenital Aortic Stenosis: Congenital Aortic Regurgitation

8 Coarctation of the Aorta and Interrupted Aortic Arch

9 Congenital Obstruction to Left Atrial Flow: Mitral Stenosis, Cor Triatriatum, Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

10 Congenital Pulmonary Stenosis and Regurgitation

11 Ebstein’s Anomaly of the Tricuspid Valve

12 Atrial Septal Defect: Simple and Complex

13 Pulmonary Stenosis With Interatrial Communication

14 Ventricular Septal Defect

15 Ventricular Septal Defect With Pulmonary Stenosis

16 Double Outlet Ventricle

17 Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Aortopulmonary Window

18 Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Trunk

19 Congenital Coronary Arterial Fistula

20 Congenital Aneurysms of The Sinuses of Valsalva

21 Pulmonary Atresia With Intact Ventricular Septum

22 Tricuspid Atresia

23 The Univentricular Heart

24 Complete Transposition of the Great Arteries

25 Truncus Arteriosus

26 Congenital Anomalies of Vena Caval Connection

27 Congenital Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula

28 Hypoplastic Left Heart

29 Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Circulation

Author Information

By Ariane Marelli and Jamil Aboulhosn