Heart Valve Disease provides cardiologists and cardiac surgeons with the first comprehensive guide to post-operative management of patients who have undergone heart valve surgery.

Features:

• Presents evidence-based recommendations for managing a range of clinical problems, in both adults and children
• Extends from immediate care in the hospital-setting, through to long-term considerations for the primary care physician
• Includes rehabilitation, management of thrombosis, haemolysis, rheumatic fever, and endocarditis, as well as special considerations such as care of the patient undergoing non-cardiac surgery

Short Contents

1. Rehabilitation after Heart Valve Surgery - Clinical Follow-up and Common Problems
2. Echocardiographic Follow-up
3. Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation During Follow-up
4. Normal Echocardiographic Data of Prosthetic Valves
5. Tricuspid Valve Problems During Follow-up
6. Problems Specific to Homografts and Autografts
7. Problems Specific To Valve Repair
8. Anti-thrombotic Management
9. Investigation and Management of Recurrent Embolism
10. Management of Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis
11. Management of Prosthesis-related Haemolysis
12. Endocarditis Prophylaxis
13. Management of Prosthetic Endocarditis
14. Management During Pregnancy
15. Management During Non-cardiac Surgery
16. Prophylaxis Against Rheumatic Fever
17. Follow-up and Management in Children
18. Follow-up and Management in Developing Countries
19. Prosthetic Valve Complications
20. Follow-up in Primary Care

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