Challenging Concepts in Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease in the Young

Edited by Salim Jivanji, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, and Michael Rigby, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust , London, UK

Dr. Salim Jivanji is a Congenital Interventional Cardiologist currently working as a consultant at the Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust and the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. He graduated from University of Sheffield medical school and completed his medical and paediatric training in Australia and London before moving to paediatric cardiology specialty training between the Royal Brompton, Great Ormond Street and Evelina London Children's Hospital. His special interest includes neonatal procedures, percutaneous pulmonary valves and development of novel procedures such as transcatheter repair of sinus venosus atrial septal defect with partial anomalous venous drainage. Additionally he has a special interest in advancing safety in the cardiac catheter lab. He is a trustee and lead for East Africa at Healing Little Hearts, a UK charity that helps children around the world with congenital heart disease. He is currently leading the development of a congenital heart programme in Kenya.

Dr Michael Rigby is Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, teacher, researcher and writer at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London. He is a specialist in interventional cardiac catheterisation in congenital heart disease. He trained in Leeds, Birmingham Children's Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford and the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto prior to his appointment at in London. He has published over 180 papers on congenital heart disease and he is the author or co-author of 55 chapters and 10 books. He has organised annual courses in neonatal and infant heart disease and in echocardiography in congenital heart disease. He has lectured in the UK and internationally. He arranges distance education between London and universities in Greece, Cyprus, Brazil, France and Chile as well as with other parts of the United Kingdom.

Experts

Tara Bharucha, Counsultant Paediatric Cardiologist, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
Roberta Bini, Consultant in Paediatric Cardiology and Pulmonary Hypertension, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
Michael Burch, Professor of Paediatric Cardiology, Director of Hearth and Lung Transplant Services, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
Michael Cheung, Director & Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Heart Research Group Leader, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Piers Daubeney, Consultant in Paediatric and Fetal Cardiology, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, Professor of Practice in Paediatric Cardiology, Imperial College London, London, UK
Catherine Head, Consultant ACHD Cardiologist, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich, UK
Lindsey E Hunter, Consultant Paediatric & Fetal Cardiologist, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland
Juan Pablo Kaski, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Honorary Associate Professor, University College London, London, UK
Damien Kenny, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist Children's Health, Ireland at Crumlin, Clinical Associate Professor of Paediatrics, Royal college of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland
Sachin Khambadkone, Consultant Paediatric Interventional Cardiologist, Clinical Lead for Transitioning, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
Jasveer Mangat, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
Robin P Martin, Past Consultant Paediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiologist, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and Bristol Heart Institute, Past President of the British Congenital Cardiac Association
Brian A McCrossan, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Krishnakumar Nair, Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Reza Razavi, Honorary Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Professor of Paediatric Cardiovascular Science, Vice President and Vice Principal (Research), Kings College London, Director of the King's Wellcome Trust, EPSRC Centre For Medical Engineering, London, UK
Andrew N Redington, Chief of Cardiology Professor of Paediatrics, Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, USA
Michael Rigby, Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Eric Rosenthal, Professor in Paediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK
Gurleen Sharland, Professor of Fetal Cardiology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK
John M Simpson, Professor of Paediatric and Fetal Cardiology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK
Oliver Stumper, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
Nidhy P Varghese, Medical Director - Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Texas Children's Hospital, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Pulmonary Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Vita Zidere, Consultant in Paediatric and Fetal Cardiology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK


Contributors

Mohammad Ryan Abumehdi, Paediatric Cardiology SpR, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
Rubya Adamji, Post CCST StR in Paediatric Dentistry, Royal National ENT & Eastman Dental Hospitals, University College London Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Tarek Alsaeid, Paediatric Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Paediatrics, Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, USA
Aaron Bell, Consultant Paediatric Cardiology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK
Hannah Belsham-Revell, Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK
Colm Breatnach, Paediatric Cardiology SpR, Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Crumlin, Ireland
Alexander Van De Bruaene, Assistant Professor, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Corey A Chartan, Pediatric Critical Care/Pulmonary Hypertension Associate Medical Director - Right Ventricular Failure Program, Texas Children's Hospital, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Sections of Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Robin HS Chen, Consultant, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Ryan D Coleman, Pediatric Critical Care/Pulmonary Hypertension Medical Director - Right Ventricular Failure Program, Clinical Quality Lead - ECMO, Texas Children's Hospital, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Ethics, Sections of Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Thomas Day, Post-CCT Clinical Research Fellow, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK
Grazia Delle Donne, Locum Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Leeds Children's Hospital, Leeds, UK
Sophie Duignan, Paediatric Cardiology SpR, Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Crumlin, Ireland
Shouvik Haldar, Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Michael Harris, Consultant in Paediatric and Fetal Cardiology, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
Andrew Ho, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
Salim Jivanji, Consultant Congenital Interventional Cardiologist, Alder Hey Children's Hospital & Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK
Sok-Leng Kang, Consultant Congenital Interventional Cardiologist, Alder Hey Children's Hospital & Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK
Filip Kucera, Locum Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
David Lloyd, Locum Consultant in Fetal Cardiology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK
Louise Morrison, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Gabrielle Norrish, Clinical Research Fellow in Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
Gemma Penford, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Starship Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Will Regan, Paediatric Cardiology Registrar, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK
Paraskevi Theocharis, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK
Justin T Tretter, Paediatric Cardiologist, Assistant Professor of Paediatrics, Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati OH, USA
Laura Vazquez-Garcia, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
James Wong, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK