Transcatheter Valve Repair discusses all aspects related to percutaneous and established valve repair methods.

Features:

• First book published on this new but fast-paced technique for valve repair
• Editors and authors are pioneers in the field of transcatheter valve repair
• Each of the four valves discussed separately, with expert discussion on efficacy of various operations and valve repairs
• Each of the four valves discussed separately, with expert discussion on efficacy of various operations and valve repairs

Contents

The Pulmonary Valve

1. Embryology/Pathology of the pulmonary valve both in stenosis and regurgitation
2. Pulmonary Regurgitation
3. Assessment of the pulmonary valve with magnetic resonance imaging
4. Hemodynamic evaluation of pulmonary valve disease. Part I: pediatric perspectives
5. Hemodynamic evaluation of pulmonary valve disease. Part II: adult perspectives
6. Impact of emerging technologies in cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery- Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation
7. Established techniques for repair/replacement of the pulmonic valve
8. Small intestinal submucosa-a new generation of valve replacement
9. Available Transcatheter pulmonary valves: Perventricular Technique with Shelhigh valve
10. Available transcatheter pulmonary valves- Bonhoeffer valve
11. Extending the present limitations and indications of percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement to small patients and large ventricular outflow tracts

The Aortic Valve

12. Aortic Stenosis: Pathophysiology, clinical, and echocardiographic manifestations
13. Hemodynamic Evaluation of aortic valve disease and Indications for repair/replacement
14. Impact of new percutaneous techniques of aortic valve replacement on cardiology/cardiac surgical practice
15. Established Methods of aortic valve repair and replacement
16. Non-surgical aortic valve replacement: history, present and future perspectives
17. Clinical Experience with the Percutaneous Heart Valve for treatment of degenerative aortic stenosis
18. The CoreValve in the Aortic Position
19. Development of a Nanosynthesized Metallic Percutaneous Aortic Valve

The Mitral Valve

20. Embryology of the mitral valve and Pathology of mitral valve stenosis, Regurgitation
21. Mitral valve disease
22. MRI/CT Scan evaluation of the mitral valve
23. Invasive Hemodynamics for the assessment of the mitral valve
24. Impact of emerging percutaneous techniques on Cardiology and cardiac surgical practice
25. Established methods of surgical mitral valve repair and replacement
26. Percutaneous leaflet repair for mitral regurgitation using the Evalve edge-to-edge clip technique
27. Available Transcatheter mitral valve repair techniques: CS method
28. A Hybrid approach to the mini-invasive replacement of the mitral valve

The Tricuspid Valve

29. Evaluation of the tricuspid valve using CMR
30. Hemodynamic evaluation of tricuspid stenosis and regurgitation: Indications for repair and replacement
31. Established surgical methods for tricuspid valve repair and replacement
32. Available devices for percutaneous replacement of the tricuspid valve

Tissue Engineering

33. Different tissues for valves: How to choose the right tissue

Valve Testing

34. Valve testing: Durability and beyond

Index

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