Chapter 19 Secondary Mitral Regurgitation Elyse Foster and Rajni K. Rao EPIDEMIOLOGY PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Secondary Mitral Regurgitation in the Presence of Coronary Artery Disease Functional Mitral Regurgitation in the Absence of…
Chapter 22 Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement Howard C. Herrmann RATIONALE FOR TRANSCATHETER THERAPY CLASSIFICATION OF PERCUTANEOUS REPAIR THERAPIES Leaflet and Chordal Technology Indirect Annuloplasty Direct Annuloplasty and Hybrid…
Chapter 18 Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease Amar Krishnaswamy and Brian P. Griffin DEFINITION ANATOMY OF THE NORMAL AND MYXOMATOUS MITRAL VALVE ETIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE GENETIC FACTORS …
Chapter 9 Basic Principles of Medical Therapy in the Patient with Valvular Heart Disease Catherine M. Otto THE HEART VALVE CLINIC DIAGNOSIS OF VALVE DISEASE PREVENTIVE MEASURES Diagnosis and Prevention…
Chapter 5 Left Ventricular Adaptation to Pressure and/or Volume Overload Blase A. Carabello BACKGROUND Hypertrophy versus Remodeling AORTIC STENOSIS Variability in the Response to Pressure Overload Concentric Hypertrophy and Left…
Chapter 4 Clinical and Genetic Risk Factors for Calcific Valve Disease David S. Owens and Kevin D. O’Brien METHODS OF DETECTION BICUSPID AORTIC VALVES CLINICAL RISK FACTORS Older Age Male…
Chapter 10 Risk Assessment for Valvular Heart Disease Michael J. Mack BACKGROUND HOW RISK ALGORITHMS ARE CONSTRUCTED LIMITATIONS OF RISK ALGORITHMS USES OF RISK ALGORITHMS WHAT CAN BE PREDICTED?, AVAILABLE…
