AUC,Areaunderthecurve
Augmentationindex,arterialstiffnessand,1365–1366,1366f
AustraliaandNewZealandFontanRegistry,1511t–1514t
Autoimmunediseases,cardiacinvolvementin,1109–1111
Autoimmunemyocarditis,1178
Autoinflammatorymyocarditis,1178
Autologouspericardium,220
Automatictachycardias,347
Autonomicnervoussystem
incontrolofcirculation,1359
fetalheartrateand,83–84
Autophagy,70–71
Autoregulation,1357
Autosomaldominantscapulohumeralmyopathy,cardiacinvolvementin,1104
AVnodalfunction,359,361f
AVCD,Atrioventricularcanaldefect
AVRT,Atrioventricularreentranttachycardia
Azygousvein,indiagnosticcatheterization,244,245f
B
Bacterialendocarditis,prophylaxisagainst,duringpregnancy,1448
Bacterialpericarditis,1068–1069
Bafflestenosis,interventionaltechniquesfor,273
Balancedcirculation,1265
Balancedsteadystatefreeprecession,321–322,322f
Balkeprotocol,387,388f
Balloonangioplasty
forcoarctationoftheaorta,269–271,270f
forKawasakisyndrome,991–992
forpulmonaryarterialstenosis,272,272f
Balloonatrialseptostomy,forpulmonaryhypertension,1391
Balloondilation,ininterventionaltechniques,255–256
Baltimore-WashingtonInfantStudy,179,179t–180t
Baroreceptors,arterial,incontrolofcirculation,1358–1359
Barriercontraceptivemethodswithcongenitalheartdisease,1442
Barthsyndrome(BTHS),80–81
cardiacinvolvementin,1097
Baselinemeasurements,359
β−blockers,forlongQTsyndrome,354
Beckermusculardystrophy,cardiacinvolvementin,1104
Bedrest,forrheumaticfever,1016–1017
Benzathinepenicillin,forrheumaticfeverprevention,1016t
BenzathinepenicillinG,forchronicrheumaticheartdisease,1032–1033,1033t
Benzodiazepines,forcomplexcongenitalcardiacdisease,1400
Beraprost,forpulmonaryhypertension,1389–1390
Beriberi,cardiacinvolvementin,1107–1108
BerlinHeartEXCOR,inlong-termmechanicalcirculatorysupport,1208,1208f
Bernoulliequation,inclinicalpractice,applicationof,306–308
Besidecare,formechanicalsupport,1191
Bestinterests,1469t
Beta,413
Beta-adrenoreceptorblockers
fordilatedcardiomyopathy,1158
forhypertension,1140,1140t
Betamethasone,forantibody-mediatedfetalheartdisease,143–144,144f
Bicuspidaorticvalve,318t
congenitalheartdefectsassociatedwith,827,827b
repair,1081,1084f
BidirectionalGlennshunt,1296–1297,1296f
infunctionallyuniventricularheart,1266–1267,1266f–1267f
Bifoliateaorticvalve,822,823f
Bioavailability,1429
Bioethicsconsultation,ethicalissuesand,1472
Biologicalenantiomerism,442–443,442f
Biomarkers
circulating,forendothelialfunction,1368–1369
forpulmonaryhypertension,1387
Biomedicalethics,principlism,1467t
Biopsy,endomyocardial,inmyocarditis,1175–1176,1177f
Birth,univentricularheartafter,1261–1264
clinicalpresentationof,1261–1262
fetalandtransitionalcirculation,1262–1264
Birthcontrol,for“well”Fontan,1339–1340,1339t
Biventricularassistdevice(BiVAD),LVADsupportversus,1210