angiographyin,763–764,764f
cardiaccatheterizationin,763–764
chestradiographyfor,762–763,763f
clinicalfeaturesof,762
closureincatheterizationlaboratoryin,768–769,768f–769f
complicationsof,765–770
aneurysmoftheductand,767,767f
congestiveheartfailurein,765
infectiveendarteritis,765–766
pulmonaryhypertensionand,766–767
diagnosticproblemswith,764–765
echocardiographyin,763,763f
effectonlifeexpectancyof,765
electrocardiogramfor,762
epidemiologyof,760
geneticfactorsof,760–761
infectionandenvironmentalfactorsof,761
investigationsfor,762–765
naturalhistoryin,765
pathophysiologyof,761
physicalexaminationfor,762
spontaneousclosureof,765
surgicalinterventionfor,767–768
thromboembolismin,767
pulse-waveDopplerof,130,130f
shunt,pathophysiologiccontinuumof,196
Arterialdysfunction,onventricularfunction,1375–1376
Arterialfunction,measurementof,1362–1370
Arterialimpedance,asventricularafterload,1360–1361
Arterialobstructions,interventionaltechniquesfor,269–275
Arterialphysiology,fetal,101,101f
Arterialstiffness,1362
invivo,measurementof,1362–1366
bloodpressureindexes,1366
oflocalarterialstiffness,1362–1364,1362t,1363f–1364f
ofregionalarterialstiffness,1364–1365,1365f
ofsystemicarterialstiffness,1365
wavereflectionindexesin,1365–1366,1366f
Arterialstructure,1369–1370
Arterialswitchprocedure,686–688,687f
coronaryarterialanatomyand,688–689,689f
exercisetestingfollowing,398
outcomeswith,692
timingof,687–688,688f
Arterialsystem,1355–1359
controlofcirculationand,1357–1359
humoral,1357–1358
local,1357
neural,1358–1359
endothelialfunctionof,1356
normalstructureof,1355–1356
vascularsmoothmusclefunctionof,1356–1357
Arterialtrunks
anatomyof,25–26,26f
common,741–753
anatomyof,741–745,742f–744f
angiocardiographyin,750–751,751f
cardiaccatheterizationin,750–751,751f
diagnosticfeaturesof,745–747
antenataldiagnosis,745–746
electrocardiographyin,747
neonatalpresentation,746–747
incidenceof,741
keydiagnosticfeaturesin,747t
morphogenesisof,745,746f
outcomesaftersurgeryfor,752–753,753f
radiologicfeaturesof,747–750,747f
echocardiographyin,748–750,748f–750f
recommendationsforlong-termfollowup,753
surgicaltreatmentin,751–752,752f
positionsof,14
Arterialvalves
anatomyof,27
embryologyof,46
Arteries
originofarterialtrunksfromventricularmassand,13–14
relationshipsamong,14
Arteriohepaticdysplasia,cardiacinvolvementin,1112
Arteriovenouscommunications,927–944
Arterio-venousfistulas,coronary
clinicalfeaturesof,937–938
investigationsin,938–940,939f–940f
long-termoutcomesof,941–944,942f–943f
managementof,940–941,941f
morphologyof,936–937,937f–938f
Arteriovenousmalformations,928–931
pulmonary,931–936
systemic,extracardiac,aneurysmofveinofGalenas,929–931,929f–931f
Arteritis,Takayasu
cardiacinvolvementin,1109–1110
renovascularhypertensionand,1134
Arthralgia,inrheumaticfever,1011
Arthritis
idiopathic,juvenile,cardiacinvolvementin,1109
inrheumaticfever,treatmentof,1017
Arthrogryposismultiplexcongenita,cardiacinvolvementin,1106
Artifacts,ultrasoundimaging,283
Ascendingaorta
arterialswitchproceduresand,693–694,694f
indiagnosticcatheterization,251
Aspartylglycosaminuria,cardiacinvolvementin,1093
Aspirin
forcarditis,1017t
forKawasakisyndrome,989,992
for“well”Fontan,1338
Asplenia,441
Assessment,ofphysiologyandfunction,317–333