X-Ray Diagnosis of Congenital Cardiac Disease

Abstract

This is a highly commendable text that fulfills its purposes exceedingly well. The authors—a radiologist and a cardiologist with much experience and skill in the field of congenital heart disease—emphasize the evaluation of plain x-ray film studies. Changes in cardiac shape and size, great vessels, and pulmonary vessels are related to underlying pathophysiologic disturbances. The introduction presents a detailed, explicit approach to the systematic study of the plain x-ray films of the chest, including frontal, lateral, and oblique views. This is followed by chapters covering atrial septal defects, ventricular septal defects, patent ductus arteriosus, aortic stenosis, coarctation, endocardial fibroelastosis, pulmonic stenosis, tetralogy of Fallot, total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, and transposition of the great vessels. Angiocardiograms are used to correlate with the plain film findings. Chapters include pertinent clinical and electrocardiographic features. The book ends with a chapter on cardiac malposition. Well-illustrated and with a good index, it has an