Covering the full range of diagnosis and treatment for valvular heart disease, this award-winning reference provides the information you need for safe and effective practice. Part of the Brauwald’s family of heart disease references, Valvular Heart Disease, 5th Edition, brings you fully up to date with the latest procedures, imaging modalities, basic science, diagnostic criteria, and treatment guidelines in this fast-changing area. Internationally renowned authors Dr. Catherine M. Otto and Dr. Robert O. Bonow help you apply today's best, evidence-based medical and surgical approaches in your daily practice.
1. Cover image - p. cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Contributors - p. v 6. Foreword - p. vi 7. Preface - p. vii 8. Acknowledgments - p. viii 9. Braunwald s heart disease family of books - p. ix 10. 1. Epidemiology of valvular heart disease - p. ix 11. 2. Three-dimensional anatomy of the aortic and mitral valves - p. 21 12. 3. Molecular mechanisms of calcific aortic valve disease - p. 42 13. 4. Clinical and genetic risk factors for calcific valve disease - p. 65 14. 5. Left ventricular and vascular changes in valvular heart disease - p. 78 15. 6. Principles of medical therapy for patients with valvular heart disease - p. 93 16. 7. Surgical and procedural risk assessment of patients with valvular heart disease - p. 113 17. 8. Imaging the aortic valve - p. 123 18. 9. Aortic stenosis: Clinical presentation, disease stages, and timing of intervention - p. 155 19. 10. Aortic regurgitation: Clinical Presentation, Disease Stages, and Management - p. 178 20. 11. The bicuspid aortic valve and associated aortic disease - p. 196 21. 12. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Indications, procedure, and outcomes - p. 222 22. 13. Imaging assessment for transcatheter aortic valve replacement - p. 240 23. 14. Surgical approach to diseases of the aortic valve and aortic root - p. 266 24. 15. Diagnostic evaluation of mitral regurgitation - p. 288 25. 16. Rheumatic and calcific mitral stenosis and mitral commissurotomy - p. 310 26. 17. Mitral valve prolapse - p. 336 27. 18. Secondary (functional) mitral regurgitation in ischemic and dilated cardiomyopathy - p. 353 28. 19. Surgical mitral valve repair and replacement - p. 369 29. 20. Transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement - p. 389 30. 21. Imaging guidance of transcatheter mitral valve procedures - p. 403 31. 22. Intraoperative echocardiography for mitral valve surgery - p. 430 32. 23. Diseases of the tricuspid valve - p. 450 33. 24. Pulmonic valve disease in adults - p. 470 34. 25. Infective endocarditis - p. 495 35. 26. Prosthetic heart valves - p. 520 36. 27. Management of bioprosthetic valve degeneration - p. 546 37. 28. Valvular heart disease in pregnancy - p. 565 38. Index - p. 584
Covering the full range of diagnosis and treatment for valvular heart disease, this award-winning reference provides the information you need for safe and effective practice. Part of the Brauwald’s family of heart disease references, Valvular Heart Disease, 5th Edition, brings you fully up to date with the latest procedures, imaging modalities, basic science, diagnostic criteria, and treatment guidelines in this fast-changing area. Internationally renowned authors Dr. Catherine M. Otto and Dr. Robert O. Bonow help you apply today's best, evidence-based medical and surgical approaches in your daily practice.
1. Cover image - p. cover 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iii 5. Contributors - p. v 6. Foreword - p. vi 7. Preface - p. vii 8. Acknowledgments - p. viii 9. Braunwald s heart disease family of books - p. ix 10. 1. Epidemiology of valvular heart disease - p. ix 11. 2. Three-dimensional anatomy of the aortic and mitral valves - p. 21 12. 3. Molecular mechanisms of calcific aortic valve disease - p. 42 13. 4. Clinical and genetic risk factors for calcific valve disease - p. 65 14. 5. Left ventricular and vascular changes in valvular heart disease - p. 78 15. 6. Principles of medical therapy for patients with valvular heart disease - p. 93 16. 7. Surgical and procedural risk assessment of patients with valvular heart disease - p. 113 17. 8. Imaging the aortic valve - p. 123 18. 9. Aortic stenosis: Clinical presentation, disease stages, and timing of intervention - p. 155 19. 10. Aortic regurgitation: Clinical Presentation, Disease Stages, and Management - p. 178 20. 11. The bicuspid aortic valve and associated aortic disease - p. 196 21. 12. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Indications, procedure, and outcomes - p. 222 22. 13. Imaging assessment for transcatheter aortic valve replacement - p. 240 23. 14. Surgical approach to diseases of the aortic valve and aortic root - p. 266 24. 15. Diagnostic evaluation of mitral regurgitation - p. 288 25. 16. Rheumatic and calcific mitral stenosis and mitral commissurotomy - p. 310 26. 17. Mitral valve prolapse - p. 336 27. 18. Secondary (functional) mitral regurgitation in ischemic and dilated cardiomyopathy - p. 353 28. 19. Surgical mitral valve repair and replacement - p. 369 29. 20. Transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement - p. 389 30. 21. Imaging guidance of transcatheter mitral valve procedures - p. 403 31. 22. Intraoperative echocardiography for mitral valve surgery - p. 430 32. 23. Diseases of the tricuspid valve - p. 450 33. 24. Pulmonic valve disease in adults - p. 470 34. 25. Infective endocarditis - p. 495 35. 26. Prosthetic heart valves - p. 520 36. 27. Management of bioprosthetic valve degeneration - p. 546 37. 28. Valvular heart disease in pregnancy - p. 565 38. Index - p. 584
