The treatment of pediatric patients with congenital or acquired cardiac disease remains an important challenge for physicians in charge of these patients. The challenge to practitioners is complex given that most drugs used in this field are either unlicensed or off-label and that the patient population is a heterogeneous group not only in pathologies but also in size, weight and metabolism. Currently, doctors must rely on the available pharmacological knowledge, the rare clinical trials and case series and most of all on the international cumulative clinical experience.

"This handbook of drugs used in pediatric cardiac care will satisfy the need for a quick reference source of common drug therapy. There are no major texts available in the field of pediatric cardiology that exclusively provide therapeutic drug information. Several sources are available that present drug information for cardiology, but these place no emphasis on pediatric care and are written for general cardiac specialists. TOC:Cardiac Physiology Review.- Clinical Pharmacokinetics: Applications in Pediatric Practice.- Inotropic and Vasoactive Drugs.- Vasodilators.- Diuretic Medications.- Beta-Blockers.- Anti-Arrhythmic Medications.- Immunosuppressive Agents in Pediatric Heart Transplantation.- ECMO and Drug Clearance.- Pharmacologic Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension.- Anticoagulants, Antithrombotics and Antiplatelets.- Sedative Hypnotic and Anesthetic Agents: Their Effect On The Heart.- Drug Therapy for Hypercholesterolemia and Dyslipidemia.- Medication Errors in Children."

Cardiac Physiology Review.- Clinical Pharmacokinetics: Applications in Pediatric Practice.- Inotropic and Vasoactive Drugs.- Vasodilators.- Diuretic Medications.- ?-Blockers.- Antiarrhythmic Medications.- Immunosuppressive Agents in Pediatric Heart Transplantation.- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Drug Clearance.- Pharmacological Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension.- Anticoagulants, Antithrombotics, and Antiplatelets.- Sedative Hypnotic and Anesthetic Agents: Their Effect on the Heart.- Drug Therapy for Hypercholesterolemia and Dyslipidemia.- Medication Errors in Children.