Chapter 25 Infective Endocarditis Thomas M. Bashore HISTORICAL BACKGROUND EPIDEMIOLOGY Overall Incidence Incidence of Infective Endocarditis and Associated Mortality Groups at High Risk for Development of Infective Endocarditis, and Determination…
Chapter 23 Intraoperative Echocardiography for Mitral Valve Surgery Donald C. Oxorn MITRAL VALVE DISEASE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ANATOMIC BACKGROUND The Mitral Valve Complex Nomenclature THE INTRAOPERATIVE MILIEU PRE-BYPASS ASSESSMENT …
Chapter 16 Imaging Guidance of Transcatheter Valve Procedures Ernesto E. Salcedo and John D. Carroll VALVULAR HEART DISEASE IN THE ERA OF TRANSCATHETER VALVE PROCEDURES APPROACHES TO IMAGING GUIDANCE Fluoroscopy…
Chapter 11 Aortic Stenosis Raphael Rosenhek and Helmut Baumgartner PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Valvular Hemodynamics Left Ventricular Pressure Overload The Peripheral and Pulmonary Vasculature Coronary Blood Flow Exercise Physiology CLINICAL PRESENTATION Clinical History …
Chapter 15 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Brad Munt and John G. Webb PERCUTANEOUS AORTIC VALVE DESIGNS Balloon-Expandable Valves Self-Expanding Valves “Next Generation” Valves RANDOMIZED TAVI TRIALS PARTNER Trial STACCATO Trial …
Chapter 26 Prosthetic Heart Valves Patrick T. O’Gara MECHANICAL VALVES Durability and Long-Term Outcomes TISSUE VALVES Stented Heterograft Valves Stentless Heterograft Valves Homografts Autografts COMPARISON OF MECHANICAL AND TISSUE VALVES …
Chapter 17 Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease Bernard Iung and Alec Vahanian PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Mechanisms of Valve Obstruction Hemodynamic Consequences of Mitral Stenosis Exercise Physiology CLINICAL PRESENTATION History Physical Examination Chest Radiography…
Chapter 24 Diseases of the Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valves Grace Lin, Charles J. Bruce and Heidi M. Connolly PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF RIGHT-SIDED VALVE DISEASE Primary versus Secondary Right-Sided Valve Disease Response…
Chapter 13 The Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Associated Aortic Disease Alan C. Braverman HISTORY OF THE BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE EMBRYOLOGY ANATOMY, PATHOLOGY, CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES PREVALENCE GENETICS ASSOCIATED CARDIOVASCULAR LESIONS Coarctation…
Chapter 2 Three-Dimensional Anatomy of the Aortic and Mitral Valves Wendy Tsang, Benjamin H. Freed and Roberto M. Lang MITRAL VALVE ANATOMY Mitral Annulus Mitral Valve Leaflets Mitral Valve Commissures …
