Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cardiac morphogenesis : implications for congenital cardiovascular diseases -- Myocyte contraction and relaxation -- Perinatal cardiovascular physiology -- Prenatal evaluation and management -- Initial evaluation of the newborn with suspected cardiovascular disease -- Approach to the cyanotic infant -- Approach to the infant with excessive pulmonary blood flow -- Approach to the infant with inadequate systemic perfusion -- Cardiomyopathies -- Arrhythmias -- Principles of medical management -- Cardiovascular drug therapy -- Care of the postoperative patient -- Neurology of congenital cardiovascular disease : brain development, acquired injury and neurodevelopmental outcome -- Epidemiology, etiology, and genetics of congenital cardiovascular disease.