Chapter 7 Evaluation of Valvular Heart Disease by Cardiac Catheterization and Angiocardiography David M. Shavelle BASIC PRINCIPLES Pressures Pressure-Volume Loops EVALUATION OF LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC FUNCTION Angiocardiography Cardiac Output EVALUATION…
Chapter 6 Echocardiographic Evaluation of Valvular Heart Disease Catherine M. Otto ANATOMIC IMAGING, Echocardiographic Valve Anatomy, Transthoracic versus Transesophageal Echocardiographic Imaging, EVALUATION OF STENOSIS SEVERITY, Velocity Data and Pressure Gradients, …
Chapter 20 Mitral Regurgitation Timing of Surgery Rick A. Nishimura and Hartzell V. Schaff RECENT ADVANCES Pathophysiology Natural History of Mitral Regurgitation Predictors of Outcome Advances in Surgical Intervention Predictors…
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 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 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 …
