Critical Heart Disease in Infants and Children

Ross Ungerleider, MD is co-director of the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Program, is the most experienced pediatric heart surgeon in North Carolina and a leader in pediatric cardiovascular surgery. Dr. Ungerleider is a national expert with over 25 years of experience in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery and one of just 60 cardiac surgeons in the United States certified in congenital heart surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He is an expert in all congenital heart surgery procedures and has special expertise in aortic valve surgery and hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

• 1. The Segmental Approach to Congenital Heart Disease2. Cardiovascular Physiology and Shock3. Regulation of Pulmonary Vascular Resistance and Blood Flow4. Renal Function and Heart Disease5. Splanchnic Function and Heart Disease6. Cerebral Function and Heart Disease7. Pharmacology of Cardiovascular Drugs8. Pediatric Arrhythmias9. Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade10. Anesthesia for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery11. Applied Respiratory Physiology12. Respiratory Support13. Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation14. Coagulation Disorders in Congenital Heart Disease15. Nutrition16. Transplantation17. Noninvasive Diagnosis of Heart Disease18. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiac Catheterization19. Perioperative Monitoring20. Cardiopulmonary Bypass21. Mechanical Circulatory Support in Infants and Children22. Nursing Care23. Perioperative Management of Patients with Congenital Heart Disease24. ASD/VSD25. Atrioventricular Septal Defects26. Aortic Valve Disease27. CoA and IAA28. Mitral Valve Disease29. AP Window/PDA30. ACLA31. Persistent Truncus Arteriosus32. Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return33. Transposition of the Great Arteries and the Arterial Switch Operation34. DORV/DOLV35. TOF with PAT and VSD36. Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum (PA/IVS)37. Ebstein’s Anomaly38. Single Ventricle39. Tricuspid Atresia and the Fontan Operation40. HLHS41. Staged Operative Management of the SV42. Critical Appraisal and Use of Evidence about Therapy43. Cor Pulmonale44. Inflammatory Heart Disease45. Infective Endocarditis46. Syndromes and Congenital Heart Defects47. Heritable Disease48. Cardiomyopathy