Illustrated with rich pictures of cardiac surgical specimens

Reviews 18 common types of congenital heart defects in separate chapters

Includes reviews of the specimens' pathological characteristics

Cardiac Anatomy: Nomenclature and Abbreviations.- Position and Observation of the Heart and Surgical Approaches.- The Right Atrium.- The Right Ventricle.- The Coronary Artery.- The Conduction System of the Heart .- The Left Atrium.- The Left Ventricle.- The Cardiac Skeleton and the Aortic Root.- General Considerations of Cardiac Embryology.- Atrial Septal Defect and Cor Triatriatum.- Atrioventricular Septal Defect.- Ventricular Septal Defect.- Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage.- Aortic Arch Coarctation and Interrupted Aortic Arch.- Congenital Anomalies of the Tricuspid Valve.- Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction.- Mitral Atresia and Hypoplastic Left Ventricle.- Single Ventricle.- Persistent Truncus Arteriosus.- Aortopulmonary Window.- Aneurism of the Sinus of Valsalva.- Tetralogy of Fallot.- Double Outlet Right Ventricle.- Complete Transposition of the Great Arteries.- Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries.- Pulmonary Atresia.- Double-outlet of Left Ventricle.