Valvular Heart Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wang, Andrew. (Editor), Bashore, Thomas M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Series: Contemporary Cardiology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Angiography.; Cardiology.; Thoracic surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Angiology.; Internal Medicine.; Thoracic Surgery.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-411-7

Challenges for the treatment of valvular heart disease include the growing need for effective yet less invasive interventions and therapies to treat these progressive conditions. With the development of potential new treatments, it is crucial for cardiac physicians to be well informed on the pathoph...

Table of Contents:

• Morphologic Aspects of Valvular Heart Disease
• Cellular Pathogenesis of Degenerative Valvular Heart Disease: From Calcific Aortic Stenosis to Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease
• Ventricular Adaptation to Valvular Stenosis and Regurgitation
• Physical Examination in Valvular Heart Disease
• Clinical Hemodynamics of Valvular Heart Disease
• Echocardiographic Assessment of Native Valve Function
• Aortic Stenosis
• Aortic Regurgitation
• Mitral Stenosis
• Mitral Regurgitation
• Tricuspid Stenosis and Regurgitation
• Pulmonic Stenosis and Regurgitation
• Contemporary Considerations in Aortic Valve Replacement Therapy
• Contemporary Considerations in Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement
• Pulmonic and Tricuspid Valve Surgery
• Medical Therapy of Valvular Heart Disease
• Percutaneous Valve Replacement
• Percutaneous Valvuloplasty and Repair
• Post-operative Complications of Heart Valve Surgery
• Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction
• Infective Endocarditis
• Non-cardiac Surgery and Exercise in Valvular Heart Disease
• Pregnancy in Valvular Heart Disease.