The field of critical care medicine is in the midst of a dramatic change. Technological and scientific advances during the last decade have resulted in a fundamental change in the way we view disease processes, such as sepsis, shock, acute lung injury, and traumatic brain injury. Pediatric intensivists have been both witness to and active participants in bringing about these changes and it is imperative that all physicians caring for critically ill children in this new era have a thorough understanding of the applicability of these modern developments to the care of patients at the bedside and to keep up with the rapidly evolving field of critical care medicine.

"This book provides comprehensive information on the cardiovascular system in pediatric critical illness and injury in a repackaging of the relavent chapters from the popular Pediatric Critical Care Medicine edited by Wheeler, Shanley and Wong."

Developmental Cardiac Physiology, Hemodynamic Monitoring, Cardiopulmonary Interactions, Echocardiography in the Pediatric Critical Care Setting, Cardiac Catheterization in the Pediatric Critical Care Setting, Introduction to Congenital Heart Disease: Nomenclature and Classification, Palliative Procedures, Congenital Heart Disease: Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions, Congenital Heart Disease: Cyanotic Lesions with Decreased Pulmonary Blood Flow, Congenital Heart Disease: Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction, Congenital Heart Disease: Cyanotic Lesions with Increased Pulmonary Blood Flow, Single Ventricle Lesions, Vascular Rings and Associated Malformations, Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Pediatric Myocardial Protection, Post-Operative Care of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Patient, Mechanical Support of the Cardiovascular System: ECLS/ECMO and LVAD, Mechanical Support of the Cardiovascular System: Intraaortic Balloon Pumping in Children, Arrhythmias, Inflammatory Diseases of the Heart and Pericardium: Infective Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease, Inflammatory Diseases of the Heart and Pericardium: Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis, Diseases of the Pericardium, Management of Hypertension in the PICU, Heart Transplantation