Intraprocedural Echocardiography in Valve Disease William J. Stewart I. INTRODUCTION. Echocardiography is an important component of the design and success of cardiovascular procedures in patients with structural heart disease. In…
Computed Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging Srikanth Koneru Milind Y. Desai I. INTRODUCTION Multimodality imaging has been increasingly used to advance our knowledge of causes and consequences of valvular heart disease. Echocardiography…
Valve Surgery: Endocarditis Gösta B. Pettersson Syed T. Hussain I. INTRODUCTION. Infective endocarditis (IE) is the most severe and potentially devastating complication of heart valve disease, be it native valve…
Valve Surgery: Aortic/Pulmonary Douglas R. Johnston I. INTRODUCTION The aortic and pulmonic valves share similar structure and functional anatomy. Both prevent regurgitation of blood into the ventricle during diastole, and…
Surgery of the Mitral and Tricuspid Valves Patrick R. Vargo Stephanie L. Mick A. Marc Gillinov I. THE MITRAL VALVE A. Introduction. The mitral valve apparatus is composed of anterior…
Pediatric Percutaneous Valve Procedures Lourdes R. Prieto I. INTRODUCTION The era of percutaneous valve procedures in the pediatric population was ushered in by the first in-man transcatheter implantation of a…
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Brandon M. Jones Amar Krishnaswamy E. Murat Tuzcu Samir R. Kapadia I. INTRODUCTION. Calcific aortic stenosis (AS) is an increasingly common problem in developed countries, with…
Percutaneous Mitral Valve Procedures Jayendrakumar S. Patel Amar Krishnaswamy Percutaneous strategies for the treatment of mitral valve (MV) stenosis and MV regurgitation are important therapeutic options for selected patients. In…
Special Considerations (Drugs, Pregnancy, Noncardiac Surgery, Anticoagulation, Valve-related Tumors) Ellen Mayer Sabik I. DRUG-INDUCED VALVE DISEASE The concept of drug-induced valvular heart disease first surfaced in the mid-1960s when patients…
Prosthetic Valves Maran Thamilarasan I. INTRODUCTION. The development of prosthetic cardiac valves has greatly altered the natural history of patients with valvular heart disease. There have been many advancements in…
