RT Book, Section
A1 Artman, Michael
A1 Mahony, Lynn
A1 Teitel, David F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1140362795
T1 Perinatal Cardiovascular Physiology
T2 Neonatal Cardiology, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071834506
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1140362795
RD 2024/04/18
AB A  comprehensive  understanding  of  fetal  cardiovascular  physiology  and  of  the  changes  that  occur  at  birth  is  essential  for  developing  a  systematic  approach  to  the  diagnosis  and  treatment  of  a  newborn  with  congenital  cardiovascular  disease.  Complex  congenital  cardiovascular  disease  rarely  causes  symptoms  in  the  fetus  but  within  hours  or  days  after  birth  may  cause  the  newborn  infant  to  become  critically  ill.  Specific  defects  lead  to  predictable  cardiac  and  vascular  alterations,  and  knowledge  of  such  associations  assists  the  clinician  in  the  evaluation,  diagnosis,  and  treatment  of  the  critically  ill  newborn.  This  chapter  reviews  important  physiologic  aspects  of  the  fetal  circulation,  how  the  fetal  circulation  can  be  monitored  for  hemodynamic  stability,  and  the  changes  in  circulatory  physiology  that  occur  at  birth.