Moss and Adams’ Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, Including the Fetus and Young Adult, 6th Ed
Moss and Adams’ Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, Including the Fetus and Young Adult, 6th Ed
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莫斯和亚当斯的婴儿、儿童和青少年心脏病,包括胎儿和年轻人,第六版
DOI:
10.1161/circ.104.24.e139
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发表时间:
2001
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37.8
通讯作者:
D. Sahn
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作者:
D. Sahn
Hugh D. Allen, ed 1632 pp. Baltimore, Md: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2000. $269.00. ISBN 0-683-30742-8
Moss and Adams’ Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents Including the Fetus and Young Adult is a longstanding and venerable resource for pediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease information. The new sixth edition arrived attractively and efficiently packaged in 2 volumes, and I placed it alongside the fifth edition, which was published in 1995, to help highlight the differences and the improved, updated sections. It looks like Lippincott has acquired Williams & Wilkins as part of the consolidation of the publications business, but there has certainly been no consolidation in the list of contributors to this expanded work.
Dr Hugh Allen has now become the chief editor; the other editors are Dr Howard Gutgesell, who has previously been involved, Dr Edward Clark, and Dr David Driscoll. Dr George Emmanouilides remains an honorary editor, which I think is appropriate and important. My copy of the first edition of this text, which was published in 1968 and is now all underlined with dog-eared pages and illegible side notes, is now elevated to my unreachable top shelf. The first edition, which was a tremendous resource for trainees, could actually be read cover to cover and studied, and Hugh Allen and I studied with it together when we were preparing to take our Boards in Pediatric Cardiology. A much bigger endeavor now is the update of Moss and Adams as a multiauthored text, which represents a major undertaking in recruitment, author retention, inspiration, and motivation, and I’m sure this group …