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Format: 1 online resource (XII + 218 pages) : , 58 figures, 43 tables

ISBN: 3-318-00834-6

Series Statement: Advances in Cardiology, Vol.39

Content: Diseased heart valves are a growing public health concern, ranging among the most important causes of heart failure and sudden death. This volume reviews the most current information on valvular disease pathophysiology, epidemiology and evaluation as well as management strategies for affected patients. Topics discussed include data supporting selection of asymptomatic patients for valve surgery, methods employed in evaluating patients for this purpose, surgical methods and valve prostheses currently applied for valve repair and replacement, and criteria for selecting among them. Adjunctive problems such as aortic root disease, infective endocarditis and arrhythmias that may modify patient management are also considered. Epidemiologic data illustrate the increasing prevalence of valvular disease in the population. In addition, the book reviews new and emerging knowledge about the molecular and cellular basis of myocardial dysfunction and heart failure in various forms of valvular disease, and new information about the potential roles of alternative medicine, blood conservation and minimally invasive surgical techniques. A particular highlight is a ‘debate’ between paired chapters on the appropriateness of mitral valve surgery for patients with less than severe mitral regurgitation of ischemic etiology. Compiling the most up-to-date and authoritative information in the field, this book will be of great value not only to cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, but also to medical students, medical and surgical residents, cardiology and cardiac surgery fellows and general internists.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Machine generated contents note: 1 The Epidemiology of Valvular Heart Disease: An Emerging Public -- Health Problem -- Supino, P.G.; Borer, J.S.; Yin, A. (New York, N.Y.) -- 7 The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Heart Failure in Regurgitant -- Valvular Diseases: The Myocardial Extracellular Matrix as a -- Building Block for Future Therapy -- Borer, J.S.; Truter, S.L.; Herrold, E. McM.; Supino, P.G.; Carter, J.N.; Gupta A. -- (New York, N.Y.) -- 15 Emerging Biology of Mitral Regurgitation: Implications for -- Further Therapy -- Starling, M.R. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) -- 25 Aortic Valve Disease - Etiology and the Role of Vascular Pathology: -- Is the Face of the Disease Changing? -- Fuster, V; Rosenbluth, A. (New York, N.Y.) -- 39 Atrial Fibrillation and Valve Disease -- Somberg, J.; Molnar, J. (Chicago, Ill.) -- Aortic Valve Diseases -- 49 Selection of Patients with Aortic Stenosis for Operation: -- The Asymptomatic Patient and the Patient with Poor LV Function -- Carabello, B.A. (Houston, Tex.) -- 61 The Value of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Diagnosing Coronary -- Artery Disease in Patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis -- Van Tosh, A. (New York, N.Y.) -- 70 Congenital Aortic Stenosis: Is Repair an Option? -- Lamberti, J.J. (New York, N.Y.) -- 74 Aortic Regurgitation: Selection of Asymptomatic Patients for -- Valve Surgery -- Borer, J.S.; Herrold, E. McM.; Hochreiter, C.A.; Supino, P.G.; Yin, A.; Krieger, K.H.; -- Isom, O.W. (New York, N.Y.) -- 86 Surgical Approaches When Aortic Regurgitation Is Associated -- with Aortic Root Disease -- Girardi, L.N. (New York, N.Y.) -- 93 Technique and Results of the Modified Ross Procedure in -- Aortic Regurgitation versus Aortic Stenosis -- Stelzer, P. (New York, N.Y.) -- Mitral Valve Diseases -- 100 Percutaneous Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty. Does It Really -- Last as Long and Do as Well as Surgery? -- Palacios, I.E (Boston, Mass.) -- 114 Mitral Commissurotomy and Valve Replacement for Mitral Stenosis: -- Observations on Selection of Surgical Procedures -- Isom, O.W. (New York, N.Y.) -- 122 Mitral Regurgitation: Natural History in Operated and -- Unoperated Patients -- Hochreiter, C.A.; Borer, J.S.; Herrold, E. McM.; Supino, P.G.; Krieger, K.H.; Isom, O.W. -- (New York, N.Y.) -- 130 Complications of Mitral Valve Prolapse -- Jeresaty, R.M. (Hartford, Conn.) -- 133 Mitral Regurgitation: Predictors of Outcome and Natural History -- Enriquez-Sarano, M.; Nkomo, V; Mohty, D.; Avierinos, J.-F.; Chaliki, H. -- (Rochester, Minn.) -- 144 Importance of Right Ventricular Performance Measurement -- in Selecting Asymptomatic Patients with Mitral Regurgitation -- for Valve Surgery -- Borer, J.S.; Hochreiter, C.A.; Supino, P.G.; Herrold, E. McM.; Krieger, K.H.; -- Isom, O.W. (New York, N.Y.) -- 153 Mitral Valve Repair for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation -- Cohn, L.H. (Boston, Mass.) -- 157 Concomitant Mitral Repair at the Time of Coronary Artery Bypass -- Grafting - The 'Con' Point of View -- Tittle, S.L.; Tolis, G.; Elefteriades, J.A. (New Haven, Conn.) -- 164 Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery: Evolution of Technique and -- Clinical Results -- Sharony, R.; Grossi, E.A.; Ribakove, G.H.; Ursomanno, P.; Colvin, S.B.; -- Galloway, A.C. (New York, N.Y.) -- Surgical Considerations and Infective Endocarditis -- 173 Blood Conservation: Is it Working? -- Krieger, K.H. (New York, N.Y.) -- 184 Emerging Role of Complementary Medicine in Valvular Surgery -- Oz, M. (New York, N.Y.) -- 189 Factors Determining Selection of Valve Prosthesis - Tissue or -- Mechanical: Current Status -- Chatterjee, S.; Gardner, T.J. (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 195 Selective Aspects of Infective Endocarditis: Considerations on -- Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Treatment and Prophylaxis -- Hartman, B.J. (New York, N.Y.) -- 203 Echocardiographic Assessment of the Vegetation: -- Are There Characteristics that Mandate Prophylactic -- Surgical Intervention? -- Berger, M. (New York, N.Y.). , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 3-8055-7402-9

Language: English