Biventricularcirculation,1378–1379
Biventricularjunctions,inisomericatrialappendages,448f
Black-bloodimages,319–321
Bland-White-Garlandsyndrome,865,870–872
clinicalpresentationof,870–871
diagnosisof,871–872,871f
incidenceof,870
outcomesfor,872
pathophysiologyof,870
treatmentof,872
medicalmanagement,872
surgicalmanagement,872,872f
Bleeding,managementof,inFontanpathway,1289–1290
β-blockade,for“well”Fontan,1338–1339
β-blockers,forchronicheartfailure,1200–1201,1200f–1201f
Bloodculture-negativeendocarditis,1051
empirictreatmentof,1052,1054t
Bloodcysts,975,975f
Bloodflow
distributionof,exerciseand,382–383,383f
volumeof,measurementof,99f–100f,100–101
Bloodgases,cardiopulmonarybypassand,229
Bloodoxygenlevel-dependent(BOLD),145–147
Blood-poolDoppler,286
Bloodpressure
exerciseand,393–394,1123–1124
familialclusteringof,1123
measurementof,1115–1124
ambulatory,1117–1120
cuffandbladderfor,1115,1116t
instrumentsfor,1116
techniqueof,1116–1117
noninvasivemonitoring,inFontanpathway,1274,1274t,1288
normal
ambulatorymonitoringof,1121–1122
inchildhood,1120,1120f
maskedhypertensionand,1122
measuredinclinic,1118t–1119t,1121,1121f–1122f
whitecoathypertensionand,1122
obesityand,1124
reliabilityof,asmeasureofcirculatorystability,192,193f
sodiumintakeand,1124
trackingand,1123
variabilityof,1122
Bloodpressureindexes,inarterialstiffness,1366
Bloodpressuremonitors,forexercisetesting,390
Bloodstreamsepsis,inneonates,1528
BMPR2,Bonemorphogeneticproteinreceptor2
BOLD,Bloodoxygenlevel-dependent
Bonemorphogeneticproteinreceptor2(BMPR2),1388
Borderlinehemodynamicprofile,1295
Bosentan,forpulmonaryhypertension,1390
Brachialartery,endothelialfunctionin,1367,1368f
Brachiocephalicarteries,abnormaloriginof,904f–905f,909–910
Bradyarrhythmias,335–340
Bradycardia
inFontancirculation,1325,1325f–1326f
generalcommentsof,335,336b
inneonate,336
symptomatic,335–336
Bradycardia-tachycardiasyndrome,pacingfor,365
Bradykinin,inendothelialfunction,1356
Brain
flowto,fetal,92–93
growthanddevelopmentof,fetalhemodynamicsand,121–122
Braindeath,incardiactransplantation,1476–1477
Braindevelopment,effectsofanestheticexposureon,1552
Braininjury
hypotensionand,192–194,194f
prenatalmechanismsof,incomplexcongenitalcardiacdisease,1394
Brainmagneticresonanceimaging,ofcentralnervoussystem,inFontan
pathway,1291
Brainnatriureticpeptide,1358
Branchpulmonaryarteries,long-axiscinesthrough,320t–321t
BrazilianRegistryofCongenitalHeartDiseaseInterventionandAngiograph,
1511t–1514t
Breath-holdingspells,pacingfor,366
Breathingreserve,385
Bronchialtree,inisomericatrialappendages,451–452
Bronchopulmonarydysplasia,pulmonaryhypertensionassociatedwith,1385–
1386
Bronchoscopy,ofanomaliesoftheaorticarch,891
BrS,Brugadasyndrome
Bruceprotocol,387,388f
Brugadasyndrome(BrS),355–356,355f
BTHS,Barthsyndrome
Burns,hypertensionand,1138
Burstpacing,ablationand,359
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