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Revised second edition. By Abraham M. Rudolph. 808 pp., illustrated. Armonk, N.Y., Futura, 2001. $98. ISBN 0-87993-471-9.

Remarkable progress has been made in the understanding and management of congenital heart disease since the first edition of Congenital Diseases of the Heart was published 25 years ago. With the ability of cardiac ultrasonography to define the anatomy of cardiac defects with great precision, diagnostic cardiac catheterization is seldom required, and interventional catheterization has largely replaced diagnostic studies. Dr. Rudolph began his career in pediatric cardiology in a physiology laboratory, and he has contributed greatly to our understanding of fetal circulation, postnatal adaptation, and the pathophysiology of congenital cardiac defects. As an experienced clinician, he correlates the clinical features . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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