TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Perinatal Cardiovascular Physiology A1 - Artman, Michael A1 - Mahony, Lynn A1 - Teitel, David F. PY - 2017 T2 - Neonatal Cardiology, 3e AB - A comprehensive understanding of fetal cardiovascular physiology and of the changes that occur at birth is essential for developing a systematic approach to the diagnosis and treatment of a newborn with congenital cardiovascular disease. Complex congenital cardiovascular disease rarely causes symptoms in the fetus but within hours or days after birth may cause the newborn infant to become critically ill. Specific defects lead to predictable cardiac and vascular alterations, and knowledge of such associations assists the clinician in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of the critically ill newborn. This chapter reviews important physiologic aspects of the fetal circulation, how the fetal circulation can be monitored for hemodynamic stability, and the changes in circulatory physiology that occur at birth. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1140362795 ER -