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• Zipes: Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine 7th Ed.-2005 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Part VII - Diseases of the Heart, Pericardium, and Pulmonary Vasculature Bed: Access document
    • Chapter 56 - Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
      • Introduction: Access document
      • Incidence [and Adult Patient]: Access document
      • Etiology: Access document
      • Prevention: Access document
      • Anatomy and Embryology: Access document
        • Embryology: Access document
        • Normal Cardiac Anatomy: Access document
        • Fetal and Transitional Circulations: Access document
      • Pathological Consequences of Congenital Cardiac Lesions: Access document
        • Congestive Heart Failure: Access document
        • Cyanosis: Access document
        • Pulmonary Hypertension: Access document
        • Eisenmenger Syndrome: Access document
        • Cardiac Arrhythmias: Access document
      • Evaluation of the Patient with Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
        • Physical Examination: Access document
        • Electrocardiogram: Access document
        • Chest Radiograph: Access document
        • Cardiovascular MRI: Access document
        • Transthoracic Echocardiography: Access document
        • Transesophageal Echocardiography: Access document
        • Three-Dimensional Echocardiography: Access document
        • Intracardiac Echocardiography: Access document
        • Cardiac Catheterization: Access document
      • Specific Cardiac Defects: Access document
        • Left-to-Right Shunts: Access document
          • Atrioventricular Septal Defect: Access document
          • Isolated Ventricular Septal Defect: Access document
        • Cyanotic Heart Disease: Access document
          • Tetralogy of Fallot (Including Tetralogy with Pulmonary Atresia): Access document
          • Fontan Procedure-Requiring Lesions: Access document
          • Tricuspid Atresia (Absent Right Atrioventricular Connection): Access document
          • Double-Inlet Ventricle: Access document
          • The Fontan Patient: Access document
          • Transposition Complexes: Access document
          • Complete Transposition of the Great Arteries: Access document
          • Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries: Access document
          • Double-Outlet Right Ventricle: Access document
          • Ebstein Anomaly: Access document
      • References: Access document
      • References: Access document
• Gabbe: Obstetrics - Normal and Problem Pregnancies 4th Ed.-2002 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Chapter 29 - Heart Disease: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • Maternal Hemodynamics: Access document
    • Blood Volume: Access document
    • Diagnosis and Evaluation of Heart Disease: Access document
    • General Care: Access document
    • Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
      • Introduction: Access document
      • Isolated Septal Defects: Access document
    • Critical CareýHemodynamic Monitoring and Management: Access document
    • Key Points: Access document
• Ferri: Ferri's Clinical Advisor: Instant Diagnosis and Treatment-2006 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Section I - Diseases and Disorders: Access document
    • Ventricular Septal Defect: Access document
    • Tetralogy of Fallot: Access document
• Goldman: Cecil Textbook of Medicine 22nd Ed.-2004 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Part VIII - Cardiovascular Disease: Access document
    • Chapter 46 - Approach to the Patient with Possible Cardiovascular Disease: Access document
      • Introduction: Access document
      • [Approach to the Patient with Possible Cardiovascular Disease]: Access document
      • Suggested Readings: Access document
    • Chapter 65 - Congenital Heart Disease in Adults: Access document
      • Introduction: Access document
      • Definitions: Access document
      • Specific Simple Lesions: Access document
        • Isolated Shunt Lesions: Access document
      • Specific Complex Lesions: Access document
        • Tetralogy of Fallot: Access document
        • Complete Transposition of the Great Arteries: Access document
        • Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries: Access document
        • Univentricular Heart and Tricuspid Atresia: Access document
      • Specialized Issues: Access document
      • Grade A: Access document
      • Suggested Readings: Access document
• Noble: Textbook of Primary Care Medicine, 3rd Ed.-2001 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Chapter 67 - Adult Manifestations of Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • Acyanotic Congenital Disease with Shunt: Access document
• Sabiston: Textbook of Surgery 17th Ed.-2004 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Chapter 58 - Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • Anatomy and Terminology: Access document
    • Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Myocardial Protection: Access document
    • Congenital Lesions: Access document
    • Selected References: Access document
    • References: Access document
• MD Consult Reference Books: Table of contents | Keyword search - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
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• Medicine, Ob/Gyn, Psychiatry, and Surgery (eMedicine): Table of contents
  • Endocardial Cushion Defects: Access document
  • Eisenmenger Syndrome: Access document

Pediatrics Resources   See also General Pediatrics Resources

• Park: Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners 4th Ed.-2002 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Chapter 5 - Flow Diagrams: Access document
    • Flow Diagrams: Access document
  • Chapter 12 - Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • Ventricular Septal Defect: Access document
• Behrman: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics 17th Ed.-2004 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Part 19 - The Cardiovascular System
    • Section 3 - Congenital Heart Disease
      • Chapter 417 - Epidemiology and Genetic Basis of Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
      • Chapter 418 - Evaluation of the Infant or Child with Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
      • Chapter 419 - Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease: The Left-to-Right Shunt Lesions: Access document
      • Chapter 427 - General Principles of Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
• Johns Hopkins: The Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House Officers 17th Ed-2005 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Part II - Diagnostic and Therapeutic Information: Access document
    • Chapter 6 - Cardiology: Access document
      • VII - Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
      • References: Access document
• Zipes: Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine 7th Ed.-2005 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Part II - Examination of the Patient: Access document
    • Chapter 7 - The History: Access document
      • Importance of the History: Access document
      • The History in Specific Forms of Heart Disease: Access document
        • Heart Disease in Infancy and Childhood: Access document
      • References: Access document
• Hoffman: Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice 4th Ed.-2005 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )

  • Part X - Consultative Hematology: Access document

    • Chapter 156 - Hematologic Manifestations of Childhood Illness: Access document
      • Introduction: Access document
      • Cardiopulmonary Disease: Access document
      • References: Access document
• The Merck Manual 17th Ed.-1999: Table of contents
  • Chapter 261: Congenital Anomalies: Table of contents
    • General: Access document
    • Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
      • Ventricular Septal Defect: Access document
• Pediatrics (eMedicine): Table of contents
  • Ventricular Septal Defect, General Concepts: Access document
  • Ventricular Septal Defect, Muscular: Access document
  • Ventricular Septal Defect, Perimembranous: Access document
  • Ventricular Septal Defect, Supracristal: Access document
  • Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect: Access document
  • Atrioventricular Septal Defect, Complete: Access document
  • Atrioventricular Septal Defect, Partial and Intermediate: Access document
  • Atrioventricular Septal Defect, Unbalanced: Access document
  • Double Outlet Right Ventricle, with Transposition: Access document
• Paediapaedia: An Imaging Encyclopedia of Pediatric Disease: Table of contents
  • Cardiovascular Disease Index: List of documents
    • Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD): Access document
• KUMC Children's Center - Pediatric Cardiology Teaching Resources: Table of contents
  • Congenital Heart Defects: List of documents
    • Ventricular Septal Defects (Radiographs, Diagrams and ECGs): Access document

Radiology Resources   See also General Radiology Resources

• Mettler: Essentials of Radiology 2nd Ed.-2004 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Chapter 5 - Cardiovascular System: Access document
    • Normal Anatomy and Imaging Techniques: Access document
    • Evaluation of the Cardiac Silhouette: Access document
      • Generalized Cardiomegaly: Access document
      • Pulmonary Artery Enlargement: Access document
    • Congenital Cardiac Disease: Access document
• Grainger and Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging 4th Ed.-2001 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Chapter 36A - Congenital Heart Disease: General Principles: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • Embryology: Access document
    • The Fetal Circulation: Access document
      • Introduction: Access document
      • The Fetal Circulation: Access document
      • The Circulatory Changes at Birth: Access document
    • General Principles in the Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
      • Types of Abnomality: Access document
      • Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
      • Conventional Radiology in Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
    • Cardiac Imaging: Access document
      • Angiocardiography and Echocardiography: Access document
      • Chamber Identification: Access document
      • Principles of Classification and Terminology of Congenital Abnormalities of the Heart: Access document
    • References: Access document
  • Chapter 36B - Congenital Heart Disease: Left-to-Right Shunts: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • Ventricular Septal Defect: Access document
    • References: Access document
  • Chapter 36C - Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • Right-to-Left Shunts: Access document
      • The Eisenmenger Group: Access document
      • Tetralogy of Fallot: Access document
      • Non-Fallot Right Side Outflow Stenosis: Access document
    • Common Mixing Situations: Access document
      • Introduction: Access document
      • Persistent Truncus Arteriosus: Access document
    • Parallel Circulations: Access document
      • Introduction: Access document
      • Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) (Ventriculo-Arterial Discordance): Access document
  • Chapter 36D - Other Congenital Heart Lesions: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • Disorders of Situs, Connection, and Position: Access document
      • Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries (CCTGA): Access document
• Radiology (eMedicine): Table of contents
  • Ventricular Septal Defect: Access document
  • Tetralogy of Fallot: Access document
• MedPix Medical Image Database: Homepage
  • Cardiovascular: List of documents
    • Congenital Heart Malformations with Little or No Ventricular Septal Defect: Access document

Pathology Resources

• Kumar: Robbins and Cotran: Pathologic Basis of Disease 7th Ed.-2005 (MD Consult): Table of contents - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Chapter 12 - The Heart: Access document
    • Introduction: Access document
    • Pathology: Access document
      • Introduction: Access document
      • Heart Disease: Access document
      • Congenital Heart Disease: Access document
    • References: Access document
• Internet Pathology Lab for Medical Education (FSU Coll of Med): Table of contents
  • Congenital Heart Disease: List of documents
    • Heart, Ventricular Septal Defect, Gross: Access document
    • Heart, Atrial Septal Defect and Ventricular Septal Defect, Gross: Access document

Genetics Resources   See also General Genetics Resources

• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man: Homepage
  • Atrioventricular Septal Defect; AVSD: Access document
  • Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect: Access document
  • Hirschsprung Disease with Ulnar Polydactyly, Polysyndactyly of Big Toes, and Ventricular Septal Defect: Access document
  • Atrial Septal Defect with Atrioventricular Conduction Defects: Access document
  • Dandy-Walker-Like Malformation with Atrioventricular Septal Defect: Access document
  • Atrioventricular Septal Defect with Blepharophimosis and Anal and Radial Defects: Access document
  • Brachydactyly, Type E, with Atrial Septal Defect, Type II: Access document
  • Holt-Oram Syndrome; HOS: Access document
  • Cardiac Septal Defects with Coarctation of the Aorta: Access document

Clinical Guidelines

• American Heart Association: Homepage
  • Scientific Statements: List of documents
    • Recommendations for Preparing Children and Adolescents for Invasive Cardiac Procedures (2003): Access document
    • Guidelines for Evaluation and Management of Common Congenital Cardiac Problems in Infants, Children, and Adolescents (1994): Access document
• European Society of Cardiology: Homepage
  • Guidelines and Scientific Statement: List of documents
    • Management of Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease (2003): Access document (PDF)
• British Medical Journal: Homepage
  • Collected Resources: Table of contents
    • Congenital Heart Disease: List of documents
• National Guideline Clearinghouse: MeSH browse | Detailed search
  • Ventricular Septal Defect (Keyword search): List of documents
  • Heart Defects, Congenital (MeSH browse): List of documents

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Homepage
  • Heart and Blood Vessel Diseases Trials: Table of contents
    • Heart Defects, Congenital: List of documents
• YAHOO - Health:Medicine:Clinical Trials
  Additional Clinical Trials resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)

News Resources

• Doctor's Guide to the Internet: Homepage
  • Cardiology News: List of documents
    • Ventricular Septal Defect (Keyword search): List of documents
• MD Consult: Homepage - Medical Library subscription ( INFO )
  • Today in Medicine: Table of content (scroll down to Cardiology)

Miscellaneous Ventricular Septal Defect Clinical Resources

• HealthWeb: Homepage
  • Cardiology: Table of contents
    • Educational Resources: List of documents
    • Electronic Journals: List of documents
    • Continuing Education: List of documents
    • Associations: List of documents
    • Discussion Groups: List of documents
    • Consumer Health Resources: List of documents
• YAHOO - Health:Diseases and Conditions:Congenital Heart Disease
  Additional Congenital Heart Disease resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)
• YAHOO - Health:Diseases and Conditions:Heart Diseases
  Additional Heart Diseases resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)
• YAHOO - Health:Medicine:Cardiology
  Additional Cardiology resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)