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 …
Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Valvular Heart Disease John B. Chambers and Ben Bridgewater CAUSES OF VALVE DISEASE Rheumatic Disease Endomyocardial Fibrosis Calcific Aortic Stenosis Mitral Regurgitation Endocarditis Failing Biological Valves …
Chapter 3 Cellular and Molecular Basis of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease Jordan D. Miller GENERAL CONCEPTS AND HISTOLOGIC CHANGES General Concepts Key Histologic Changes During Initiation and Progression of Valve…
Chapter 8 Evaluation of Valvular Heart Disease by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Computed Tomography Mario J. Garcia PRINCIPLES AND INSTRUMENTATION Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Cardiac Computed Tomography VENTRICULAR VOLUMES, MASS, AND…
Chapter 27 Valvular Heart Disease in Pregnancy Karen K. Stout and Eric V. Krieger PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES OF PREGNANCY Normal Hemodynamic Changes Evaluation by Echocardiography EPIDEMIOLOGY RISK FACTORS FOR ADVERSE OUTCOMES …
Chapter 21 Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement Javier G. Castillo and David H. Adams SURGICAL ANATOMY OF THE MITRAL VALVE Mitral Annulus Mitral Leaflets and Commissures Papillary Muscles and the…
