Valve surgery at the turn of the millennium / edited by C.H. Peels and L.H.B. Baur.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peels, C. H.

Baur, L. H. B.

Series:

Developments in cardiovascular medicine ; v. 251.

Developments in cardiovascular medicine ; 251

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heart valves--Surgery.

Heart valves.

Heart valves--Diseases--Surgery.

Heart Valve Diseases--surgery.

Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation.

Heart valves--Diseases.

Surgery.

Medical Subjects:

Heart Valve Diseases--surgery.

Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation.

Physical Description:

xiii, 209 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Kluwer Academic, [2004]

Contents:

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 vavlve surgery

Long-term results of prosthetic devices in mitral position

Postoperative evaluation after mitral valve surgery

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

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 how to assess it and is it really a clinical problem?

Valvular heart disease: is it ever too late to operate?

Prosthetic valve dysfunction

Valvular pathology in pregnancy

Surgical approach of acute endocarditis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

140207834X

OCLC:

54408164