Valvular Heart Disease: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease (5th Edition)

Description

Covering the full range of diagnosis and treatment for valvular heart disease, this award-winning reference provides the information you need for safe and effective practice. Part of the Brauwald’s family of heart disease references, Valvular Heart Disease, 5th Edition, brings you fully up to date with the latest procedures, imaging modalities, basic science, diagnostic criteria, and treatment guidelines in this fast-changing area. Internationally renowned authors Dr. Catherine M. Otto and Dr. Robert O. Bonow help you apply today’s best, evidence-based medical and surgical approaches in your daily practice.

Key Features

• Covers current topics such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), timing of intervention for mitral regurgitation, imaging guidance of transcatheter valve procedures, management of prosthetic valve, advanced imaging of the aortic and mitral valves, management of valve disease in pregnant women, and advances in diagnosis and treatment of endocarditis.
• Contains new chapters on the imaging approach before TAVR, transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation for prosthetic valve stenosis, and management of pulmonic valve disease.
• Provides summaries of ACC, AHA, and ESC guidelines for guidance on best practices.
• Includes all the latest imaging modalities for a full understanding of tools needed for the most accurate physiologic understanding and accurate diagnoses.
• Offers access to 80 videos that help you visualize heart valve anatomy and dysfunction, as well as important techniques and procedures.
• Features an extensive number of new and updated illustrations of anatomy and physiology, methodology, flow charts, and clinical examples—750 high-quality images in all.
• Reorganizes chapters to closely link imaging and interventional approaches for aortic and mitral valve disease.
• Emphasizes evidence-based approaches with outcome data and relevant references.
• 2014 BMA Medical Book Awards 1st Prize Award Winner in Cardiology category.
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

Table of Contents

1. Epidemiology of Valvular Heart Disease
2. John B. Chambers
3. Three-Dimensional Anatomy of the Aortic and Mitral Valves
4. Wendy Tsang, Benjamin H. Freed, Roberto M. Lang
5. Molecular Mechanisms of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease
6. Russell J. Everett, David E. Newby, Marc R. Dweck
7. Clinical and Genetic Risk Factors for Calcific Valve Disease
8. George Thanassoulis
9. Left Ventricular and Vascular Changes in Valvular Heart Disease
10. Brian R. Lindman
11. Principles of Medical Therapy for Patients With Valvular Heart Disease
12. John P. Erwin III, Catherine M. Otto
13. Surgical and Procedural Risk Assessment of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease
14. Mohanad Hamandi, Michael J. Mack
15. Imaging the Aortic Valve
16. Rebecca T. Hahn, João Luiz Cavalcante
17. Aortic Stenosis: Clinical Presentation, Disease Stages, and Timing of Intervention
18. Jason P. Linefsky, Catherine M. Otto
19. Aortic Regurgitation: Clinical Presentation, Disease Stages, and Management
20. Arturo Evangelista, Pilar Tornos, Robert O. Bonow
21. The Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Associated Aortic Disease
22. Alan C. Braverman, Andrew Cheng
23. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Indications, Procedure, and Outcomes
24. Amisha J. Patel, Susheel Kodali
25. Imaging Assessment for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
26. James Lee, Paul Schoenhagen, Milind Desai
27. Surgical Approach to Diseases of the Aortic Valve and Aortic Root
28. S. Chris Malaisrie, Patrick M. McCarthy
29. Diagnostic Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation
30. Akhil Narang, Jyothy Puthumana, James D. Thomas
31. Rheumatic and Calcific Mitral Stenosis and Mitral Commissurotomy
32. Bernard Iung, Alec Vahanian
33. Mitral Valve Prolapse
34. David Messika-Zeitoun, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano
35. Secondary (Functional) Mitral Valve Regurgitation in Ischemic and Dilated Cardiomyopathy
36. Paul A. Grayburn
37. Surgical Mitral Repair and Replacement
38. Javier G. Castillo, David H. Adams
39. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement
40. Howard C. Herrmann
41. Imaging Guidance of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Procedures
42. Ernesto E. Salcedo, Robert A. Quaife, John D. Carroll
43. Intraoperative Echocardiography for Mitral Valve Surgery
44. Donald C. Oxorn
45. Diseases of the Tricuspid Valve
46. Grace Lin
47. Pulmonic Valve Disease in Adults
48. Yuli Y. Kim
49. Infective Endocarditis
50. Andrew Wang, Thomas Michael Bashore
51. Prosthetic Heart Valves: Selection, Management and Outcomes
52. Patrick O’Gara, Philippe Pibarot
53. Management of Bioprosthetic Valve Degeneration
54. Danny Dvir
55. Valvular Heart Disease in Pregnancy
56. Karen K. Stout, Eric V. Krieger

Authors Biography

Robert O. Bonow, MD, MS, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Catherine M. Otto, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Heart, J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton Endowed Chair in Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington