The Heart of the Matter
The Heart: An Introduction. An introduction to how the treatment of congenital heart disease can be viewed as an example of the complex mixture of technology, ethics, economics and science. A visual introduction to the anatomy of the heart will be presented, showing the type of defects that can affect the function of heart and a child's quality of life, but which can be corrected by paediatric cardiac surgeons. It will demonstrate the basis of how we describe and categorise over 3000 defects that can occur and how these can affect the function of the heart and a child's quality of life. Changing methods of diagnosis and treatment over the last half-century and important surgical advances will be demonstrated.
Martin Elliott is Gresham Professor of Physic and Co-Medical Director at The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London (GOSH). He led the cardiorespiratory and thoracic transplant teams at GOSH for many years, and established, and is Director of the National Service for Severe Tracheal Disease in Children, the largest such service in the world.
(from gresham.ac.uk)
| 01. The Heart: An Introduction |
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