Valvular heart disease

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Valvular heart disease

edited by Muayed Al Zaibag, Carlos M. G. Duran

(Fundamental and clinical cardiology, v. 20)

M. Dekker, c1994

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This useful reference provides up-to-the-minute coverage of every aspect of valvular heart disease-presenting etiology, pathophysiology, and symptomatology in detail as well as current methods of diagnosis and treatment. Examines specific problems in valvular heart disease such as endocarditis, pregnancy, arrhythmias, rheumatic disease, acute regurgitation, and surgery in children and the elderly! Reviewing the latest invasive and non-invasive diagnostic techniques and analyzing the wide variety of management choices, Valvular Heart Disease explicates the pathology, echocardiography, and the radiological examination of valvular diseases discusses each of the heart valves elucidates possible pitfalls in diagnosis and management shows how to assess left and right ventricular function and how to time surgery illustrates the benefits and drawbacks of medical, interventional, and surgical management, including balloon catheter, valvotomy, and valve repair supplies an in-depth overview of conservative therapy and more!

Table of Contents

Morphological Aspects of Cardiac Valve Dysfunction, William C. Roberts Acute Rheumatic Fever, Elia M. Ayoub and Adnan S. Dajani Echocardiography in Valvular Heart Disease, Maie S. Shahed and A. Jamil Tajik Radiological Examination in Valvular Heart Disease, Richard Coulden and Martin J. Lipton Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Muayed Al Zaibag and Murtada A. Halim Mitral Valve Stenosis, Muayed Al Zaibag and Murtada A. Halim Aortic Valve Regurgitation, Muayed Al Zaibag Aortic Valve Stenosis, Jeffrey M. Isner Tricuspid Valve, Paulo A. Ribeiro Congenital Valvular Heart Disease in Pediatrics, Charles E. Mullins Acute Mitral and Aortic Valve Regurgitation, Kenneth R. Jutzy and Muayed Al Zaibag Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Prolapse, Pravin M. Shah Infective Endocarditis, Anilkumar Mehra and Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola Electrocardiographic Changes and Complicating Arrhythmias in Valvular Heart Disease, Moh'd Ali Habbab and Nabil El-Sherif Pregnancy and Valvular Heart Disease, Celia M. Oakley Assessment of Left and Right Ventricular Function in Valvular Heart Disease, Ramesh C. Bansal, K. Chandrasekaran, and Muayed Al Zaibag Timing of Surgery in Chronic Aortic and Mitral Regurgitation, Daniel L. Kulic and Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola Conservative Valve Surgery, Carlos M. G. Duran Prosthetic Valve Replacement, Mario Albertucci and Robert B. Karp Valvular Surgery in Children, John A. Odell and Susan M. Vosloo Valve Surgery in the Elderly, Dennis F. Pupello Thromboembolic and Bleeding Complications of Prosthetic Heart Valves, L. Henry Edmunds, Jr. The Valve Clinic, Begonia Gometza, Elias Saad, and Carlos M. G. Duran

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