1. Heart failure : a historical perspective / Abraham M. Rudolph -- 2. Developmental aspects of cardiac performance / David F. Teitel -- 3. Cellular and molecular aspects of myocardial dysfunction / Steven M. Schwartz -- 4. Neurohormonal and immunologic aspects of pediatric heart failure / Reiner Buchhorn -- 5. Genetics of pediatric heart failure / Timothy M. Olson -- 6. Heart failure in the fetus / Lisa K. Hornberger and Masaki Nii -- 7. Heart failure in the neonate / Dana Connolly, Marcelo Auslender, and Michael Artman -- 8. Metabolic causes of pediatric heart failure / Brian D. Hanna -- 9. Cardiomyopathy and myocarditis / J.A. Towbin, Matteo Vatta, and N.E. Bowles -- 10. Inflammatory causes of pediatric heart failure : rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, and Kawasaki disease / Lloyd Y. Tani and Robert E. Shaddy -- 11. Arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in pediatric heart failure / Michael J. Silka and Jacqueline R. Szmuszkovicz -- 12. Single ventricle lesions / Charles E. Canter -- 13. Right-sided heart failure / Erika Berman Rosenzweig and Robyn J. Barst -- 14. Chronic heart failure in congenital heart disease / Daphne T. Hsu -- 15. Medical management of chronic systolic left ventricular dysfunction in children / Robert E. Shaddy -- 16. Nutritional aspects of pediatric heart failure / Catherine A. Leitch -- 17. Heart failure postpediatric heart transplantation / Mark Boucek -- 18. Cancer treatment-related cardiotoxicities / Svjetlana Tisma-Dupanovic, William G. Harmon, M. Jacob Adams, Gul H. Dadlani, Amy Kozlowski, Sarah Duffy, Larissa Herbowy, Karolina Zareba, Carol French, Katharine McLaughlin, and Steven E. Lipshultz --

19. Coronary artery abnormalities / Elfriede Pahl and Stephen G. Pophal -- 20. Heart failure in the postoperative patient / Chitra Ravishankar and Gil Wernovsky -- 21. Ventricular assist devices / Pedro J. del Nido -- 22. Psychosocial aspects of acute and chronic heart failure in children / Kathy Mussatto -- 23. Heart failure in the adult with congenital heart disease (ACHD) / Michael J. Landzberg.