Echocardiography in Mitral Valve Disease

• Main Author: Faletra, Francesco Fulvio. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology, Medical.; Cardiology.; Rheumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5435-6

This book provides a comprehensive account of the role of echocardiography in patients with mitral valve disease. The normal echocardiographic anatomy of the mitral valve is first presented, and the applications of echocardiography in mitral valve disease are then covered in detail by experts from d...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Echocardiographic anatomy of the mitral valve
• 2 Mitral valve insufficiency
• 3 Functional mitral valve insufficiency
• 4 Insufficiency
• 5 Rheumatic mitral stenosis
• 6 The left atrium
• 7 Percutaneous techniques
• 8 Surgical indications and techniques
• References.