The book will be written by the experts in the disease including imaging, interventional cardiology and surgical valve expertise. The book has five main sections:
1- to provide the main guidelines to clinicians on how to identify and diagnose valvular heart disease
2- to provide an overview of what the near future will bring in the diagnosis, prevention and risk stratification of patients to catheter versus surgical approaches
3- to outline the possible implications for medical therapies in slowing progression of calcific aortic valve disease and myxomatous mitral valve disease
Edited by:
Nalini M. Rajamannan Imprint: Springer London Ltd Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013 Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Weight: 5.091kg ISBN:9781447171973 ISBN 10: 1447171977 Pages: 254 Publication Date:23 August 2016 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
1.Natural History of Aortic Valve Stenosis.- 2. Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Calcific Aortic Valve Disease.- 3.Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease: From Bench to Bedside.- 4.Experimental Evidence for the Role of Atherosclerosis in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease.- 5.The Electrocardiogram as a Risk Predictor in Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis.- 6.Exercise Testing in Aortic Stenosis and in Mitral Regurgitation.- 7. Detection of Calcium in the Aortic Valve by Non- Invasive Imaging.- 8.Assessment of Aortic Stenosis Severity:Determining Timing to Surgery.- 9.Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty.- 10.Imaging for TAVI.- 11.Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Implantation.- 12.Role of statins in valvular heart disease: Rheumatic valve disease and bioprosthetic valves.- 13.Slowing the Progression of Aortic Stenosis – The Emerging Role of Bisphosphonates.- 14.LDL-Density-Theory:Implications for Future Clinical Trials.- 15.Infective Endocarditis: New Recommendations and Perspectives.- 16.Assessment and Timing to Intervention of Mitral Regurgitation.- 17. Biology of Mitral Valve Disease.- 18.Mitral Valve Devices.- 19.Anatomy and Pathology of Right-sided atrioventricular and semilunal valves.- 20.Mechanisms, Evaluation and Management of Tricuspid Regurgitation