By Welton M. Gersony and Marlon S. Rosenbaum. 304 pp., illustrated. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2001. $75. ISBN 0-07-032909-5.
Several decades ago, most patients with uncorrected or correctedcongenital heart disease did not survive to adulthood. As aresult, they were cared for almost exclusively by pediatriciansand pediatric cardiologists. Cardiologists trained to care foradults as well as general internists encountered these disordersso infrequently that even a rudimentary knowledge of congenitalheart disease was considered to be unnecessary. Nowadays, however,patients with congenital heart disease often survive to adulthood,making it imperative that physicians understand the anatomy,pathophysiology, therapy, and prognosis of the abnormalitiesthat may be encountered in this growing population of patients.Ideally, such information . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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