Reimagining a Child’s Heart The Lone Pines of Congenital Cardiology Book © 2025 – Authors: Thomas J. Kulik , Macdonald Dick

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Bibliographic Information

• Book Title  Reimagining a Child’s Heart
• Book Subtitle  The Lone Pines of Congenital Cardiology
• Softcover ISBN  978-3-031-88607-2Published: 13 June 2025
• Edition Number  1
• Number of Pages  XXIX, 319
• Number of Illustrations  40 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
• Topics  Cardiology
• $ 119.99

• Offers a comprehensive treatment of congenital cardiology

• Discusses various treatments for congenital heart disease such as the Fontan Operation and the Norwood Operation

• Features four appendices that discuss various forms of therapy and engineering and innovation in medicine

About this book

There are more than 1.3 million adults living with surgically repaired (or palliated) cardiac defects, not to mention thousands of children. .

This book brings to life the many factors and personalities that led to the success of congenital cardiology during the last 70 years. The term “congenital cardiology” refers to the treatment of congenital heart disease in children developed by surgeons and cardiologists and others. It is safe to say that congenital cardiology is one of the major advances in the history of medicine. The final step was achieved by surgery for children born with one ventricle rather than two.

The book features the author’s extensive review and research, including his original and lively narrative style. It will be a valuable resource for physicians and surgeons that practice pediatric cardiology and pediatric cardiovascular surgery, along with patients and families with these issues.

Keywords

• Congenital heart disease

• Tetralogy of Fallot

• Hypoplastic Heart syndrome

• open heart surgery

• cardio-pulmonary pump

• cardiac pathology

• E1Prostaglandin

• The Fontan Operation

• The Norwood Operation

Table of contents (11 chapters)

1. Front Matter
2. Pages i-xxix
3. Early Days
   1. Front Matter
   2. Pages 1-
   3. Transport and Distribution—The Circulation
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      Pages 3-24

   4. Oxygen: What Is It Good For?: Respiration
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      Pages 25-47

   5. State of the Art ~1800 to ~1940
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      Pages 49-58

4. A New Dawn
   1. Front Matter
   2. Pages 59-59
   3. Mens et Manus—Alex Carrel and Robert E. Gross
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      Pages 61-86

   4. Collector of Hearts—Maude Abbott
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      Pages 87-102

   5. Collaborators: Taussig, Blalock, Thomas
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      Pages 103-139

5. Modern Era
   1. Front Matter
   2. Pages 141-141
   3. Breaching the Wall: Open and Dry Hearts
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      Pages 143-183

   4. Collectors of Hearts—Reprise—Edwards, Van Praggh, Anderson
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      Pages 185-197

   5. Strange Operation—Fontan
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      Pages 199-226

   6. Bench to Bedside—Prostaglandins
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      Pages 227-232

   7. Rescue—Norwood and Others
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      Pages 233-251

6. Back Matter
7. Pages 253-319

Authors and Affiliations

• Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

  Thomas J. Kulik

• C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

  Macdonald Dick

About the authors

Thomas J. Kulik MD died unexpectedly on January 6, 2021, after arriving home following working a long day shift in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children’s Hospital.

After completing his fellowship in pediatric cardiology at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Kulik joined the faculty at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical. Dr. Kulik was a NIH funded researcher of pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary vascular disease. After a few years in Boston, he served as Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Pediatric Cardio-Thoracic Unit at the C.S Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan for 13 years. After a 2-year stint at Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center, Tom returned to the Boston Children’s Hospital as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Children program as well as the Interim Director of the Cardiac IntensiveCare Unit. Tom was a widely recognized leading pediatric cardiologist and cardiac intensivist – a thought leader in cardiac intensive care for children.