Product Description
From history and physical examination through electrocardiography and the management of special problems, this popular reference provides the practical guidance you need to diagnose and manage children with congenital and acquired heart disease. The fully revised 5th edition incorporates recent diagnostic and therapeutic advances in pediatric cardiac surgery, blood pressure standards, and cardiac arrhythmias.Practical guidance from a single author presents the knowledge you need in a cohesive, consistent manner. Extensive coverage of special problems, including congestive heart failure and syncope, helps you select the best approaches for your patients.A compact, portable size facilitates easy reference in the busy clinical setting.New coverage of surgical techniques in pediatric cardiology, the application of interventional non-surgical techniques, blood pressure standards, and cardiac arrhythmia treatments puts the most recent management approaches at your fingertips.New line drawings guide you through the latest techniques.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 5 reviews)

One Minor Quibble by Too Cold in Madison (Madison, WI, USA)

5 Stars
July 08, 2009
I have owned every edition of this amazing book. It is truly THE pediatric cardiology text for primary care practitioners who care for children. (I'm a general pediatrician.) It is thorough, well-organized, and easy to use. I heartily recommend it. I do have one minor quibble with this 5th edition. Dr. Park has removed "Part VII: Neonatal Cardiac Problems" and integrated that information into other chapters. I understand that there may be advantages to that approach. However, I'm most likely to encounter new cardiac problems in newborns and young infants rather than older children, so I found having a special section for this clinical situation useful. I miss having the information in the chapters "Special Features of the Cardiac Evaluation of Newborns" and "Manifestations of Cardiac Problems in Newborns" in one easily found section. Because there has been much progress in pediatric cardiology since the 4th edition, I certainly wanted/needed this new edition despite my minor quibble with the new organization.

I'm a better pediatrician because of this book. by Flying Saucer

5 Stars
September 25, 2006
Great book. Residents should use this book, if not buy it. Not terribly expensive either. Excellent. Don't like the EKG book by the same author though.

THE Cards book for residents (and rotating MS4's) by baby bean doc (Cleveland, OH)

5 Stars
November 11, 2004
I bought this book on my 4th year medical student rotation for Pediatric Cardiology. It continues to serve me as a resident (just coming fresh off the Cardiology floor). The EKG section is invaluable. The description (and explanation of pathophysiology of) congenital heart defects is outstanding. I am told by fellows that this book has served them through the first year of fellowship then, before having to move onto more advanced texts. Only minus, no explanation of how EP studies work, which is not a huge minus because you won't be seeing much of that as a resident anyway. Bottom line: this is THE pediatric cardiology book that every pediatrician and every pediatric resident should have.

Very useful reference work, even for non-peds and non-cards by Bert Smits (Mechelen Belgium)

5 Stars
November 20, 2002
In concise and clear language, Prof. Park explains how a medical practitioner can diagnose alsmost any known cardiac anomaly in a child.Having a scientific but no medical background myself, I found it very readable. Some knowledge of cardiacanatomy and electrocardiography are a prerequisite.What is especially good is Prof. Parks comprehensiveapproach to the diagnosis: all posible pathologies arelisted and when a particular observationis possible in normal patients, he doesn't forget to pointthis out too.I have only read the 2nd edition of the book (1988), soI cannot vouch whether the latest (4th) is up to date on recent advances in the field, be it in pacemakingcapabilities or teratogenic discoveries.

Pediatric Cardiology made simple and understandable by Bernhard Kuhn, M.D. (New Haven, CT)

5 Stars
April 21, 2000
As a resident in pediatrics, you face the usual time constraints, yet you want to prepare yourselfs for electives by reading a comprehensible text. For Cardiology, I have found with Park's "Pediatric Cardiology for the Practioner" an outstanding text, which I actually prefer over more recent review articles for its easy to understand approach. The text is easy to read and is supported by the style of the figures and schemes. This book provides more than an introductory text for the pediatric resident with a general focus, it also provides a valuable and readily accessible resource for cardiology fellows.

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