Valve Surgery at the Turn of the Millennium

2004. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-4020-7834-7
Verlag: Springer Us

Buch, Englisch, Band 251, 209 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine

Focuses primarily on aortic and mitral valve disease.Special attention devoted to optimal timing and the role of echocardiography to assess prosthetic valve function and dysfunction.Discusses techniques for aortic valve surgery and choosing valve replacement devices.Part of the series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peels, C H

Baur, L H B

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Herz- & Thoraxchirurgie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Kardiologie, Angiologie, Phlebologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Pre and Perioperative Evaluation of Mitral Valve Disease.- Preoperative Evaluation of Mitral Valve Stenosis: What Do We Need?.- Preoperative Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation: The Challenge of Optimal Timing.- Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in Mitral Valve Surgery.- Mitral Valve Surgery: Techniques.- Long-Term Results of Proshetic Devices in Mitral Position.- Postoperative Evaluation After Mitral Valve Surgery.- Pre and Peri-Operative Evaluation of Aortic Valve Disease.- Preoperative Evaluation of Aortic Insufficiency: Optimal Timing.- Hemodynamic Evaluation of Aortic Stenosis.- The Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Peri-Operative Period.- Evaluation of Valve Disease with Novel Imaging Techniques.- Aortic Valve Surgery: Techniques and Choice of Prostheses.- The Place of Tissue Valves in Aortic Valve Surgery.- The Place of the Ross Procedure in Aortic Valve Disease.- Is a Mechanical Prosthesis Always the Best Solution for an Aortic Valve Replacement in Adults?.- Postoperative Regression of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy.- Valve Prosthesis — Patient Mismatch.- Problems in Valve Disease.- Valvular Heart Disease: Is It Ever Too Late to Operate?.- Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction.- Valvular Pathology in Pregnancy.- Surgical Approach of Active Endocarditis.