Constantine Mavroudis, M.D. is the Medical Director of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is also Professor Emeritus of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University Medical School in Baltimore, Maryland. A past president of the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society and the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Dr. Mavroudis is a renowed expert in the field of congenital heart surgery with a particular emphasis on arrhythmia surgery, coronary artery disease, and bioethics. Dr. Mavroudis has published over 500 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on congenital heart surgery. In addition to editing three prior editions of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, he has also edited the Atlas of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and the Atlas of Adult Congenital Heart Surgery.

Carl L. Backer, M.D. is the Chief of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at UK HealthCare Kentucky Children's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky and Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a past president of the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society and a current Director on the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Backer is the editor-in-chief of the World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and current President of the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association. He has a strong clinical interest in vascular ring surgery, tracheal surgery, and pediatric heart transplantation. He has authored over 450 peer-reviewed articles and 105 book chapters. In addition to editing three prior editions of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, he has also served as co-editor of the Atlas of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, and Wilcox's Surgical Anatomy (4th edition).

Dr. Mavroudis and Dr. Backer worked together at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois from 1989 - 2008.

1. Development of the Heart and Great Vessels

Ram Kumar Subramanyan, Robert H. Anderson, Peter J. Gruber

2. Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease

Peter J. Gruber

3. Fetal Cardiac Physiology and Fetal Cardiac Intervention

Timothy S. Lancaster, Jacob R. Miller, and Pirooz Eghtesady

4. Preoperative Diagnostic Evaluation

Barbara J. Deal, Amanda Hauck, Sabrina Tsao, Angira Patel, Simon Lee, and Doff B. McElhinney

5. Hybrid Procedures for Congenital Heart Disease

Hakan Akintuerk, Dietmar Schranz, Norbert Voelkel

6. Anesthesia for the Patient with Congenital Heart Disease

H. Jay Przybylo

7. Perioperative Care

Mjaye L. Mazwi, Carl L. Backer, John M. Costello, and Constantine Mavroudis

8. Palliative Operations

Carl L. Backer and Constantine Mavroudis

9. Management of Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Nicholas D. Andersen, James M. Meza, and Joseph W. Turek

10. Pediatric Myocardial Protection

Sachin Talwar and Shiv Kumar Choudhary

11. Patent Arterial Duct

Elizabeth H. Stephens, Paul Tannous, Carl L. Backer, and Constantine Mavroudis

12. Vascular Rings and Pulmonary Artery Sling

Carl L. Backer, Cynthia K. Rigsby, and Constantine Mavroudis

13. Coarctation of the Aorta

Carl L. Backer, Joseph A. Dearani, and Constantine Mavroudis

14. Interrupted Aortic Arch

Dilip S. Nath and Richard A. Jonas

15. Atrial Septal Defect, Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection, and Scimitar Syndrome

Carl L. Backer, Paul Tannous, and Constantine Mavroudis

16. Ventricular Septal Defect

Constantine Mavroudis, Carl L. Backer, and Robert H. Anderson

17. Atrioventricular Septal Defects

Carl L. Backer and Constantine Mavroudis

18. Common Arterial Trunk

Constantine Mavroudis and Carl L. Backer

19. Aortopulmonary Window and Aortic Origin of a Pulmonary Artery

Stephanie Fuller and Robert H. Anderson

20. Isolated Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction

Ali Dodge-Khatami and Christopher E. Greenleaf

21. Tetralogy of Fallot

Ali Dodge-Khatami, Peter Chen, and Constantine Mavroudis

22. Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia and Major Aortopulmonary Collaterals

Matthew Liava'a and Yves d'Udekem

23. Ventricular to Pulmonary Artery Conduits

John W. Brown and Jeremy L. Herrmann

24. Double-Outlet Right Ventricle

Constantine Mavroudis, Carl L. Backer, and Robert H. Anderson

25. Transposition of the Great Arteries

Constantine Mavroudis and Carl L. Backer

26. Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries

Tom R. Karl and Jeffery P. Jacobs

27. The Functionally Univentricular Heart

Peter Sassalos, Ming-Sing Si, Jennifer C. Romano, Edward L. Bove, and Richard G. Ohye

28. Fontan Conversion

Constantine Mavroudis, Barbara J. Deal, and Carl L. Backer

29. Ebstein Malformation

Kimberly A. Holst and Joseph A. Dearani

30. Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction

William M. DeCampli and Kamal K. Pourmoghadam

31. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

William M. DeCampli and Kamal K. Pourmoghadam

32. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Chunsoo Park and James S. Tweddell

33. Aorto-Left Ventricular Tunnel

Jeremy L. Herrmann and Stephanie Fuller

34. Congenital Anomalies of the Mitral Valve

Perry S. Choi and Sitaram M. Emani

35. Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Rachel D. Vanderlaan and Christopher A. Caldarone

36. Cor Triatriatum, Pulmonary Vein Stenosis, and Atresia of the Common Pulmonary Vein

Constantine D. Mavroudis, Robert H. Anderson, and Constantine Mavroudis

37. Anomalous Systemic Venous Connections

Henry L. Walters, III and Ralph E. Delius

38. Connective Tissue Disorders

Charles D. Fraser III, Trevor Ellison, Duke E. Cameron, Luca A. Vricella

39. Coronary Artery Anomalies

Constantine Mavroudis, Ali Dodge-Khatami, and Carl L. Backer

40. Cardiac Tumors

Rudiger Lange and Thomas Gunther

41. Diseases of the Pericardium

Elizabeth H. Stephens and Victor O. Morell

42. Surgical and Transcatheter Management of Arrhythmias

Barbara J. Deal, MD and Constantine Mavroudis, MD

43. Pediatric Heart Transplantation

Charles B. Huddleston and Andrew C. Fiore

44. Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation

Charles B. Huddleston and Andrew C. Fiore

45. Endocarditis in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

Peter D. Wearden and Constantine Mavroudis

46. Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support

Michelle Ploutz, Angela Lorts, and David L.S. Morales

47. Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Maria Drakopoulou, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Stamatia Prapa, Darryl F. Shore, Stella Brili, and Michael Gatzoulis

48. Bioethics in Congenital Heart Surgery

Constantine Mavroudis, Constantine D. Mavroudis, Thomas Cook, Catherine L. Mavroudis, Allison Siegel, and Alex Golden

49. Education in Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Constantine D. Mavroudis, Constantine Mavroudis, Carl L. Backer, and Richard H. Feins