Valvular Heart Disease

2. Morphologic Aspects of Valvular Heart Disease
William Clifford Roberts, Jong Mi Ko

3. Cellular Pathogenesis of Degenerative Valvular Heart Disease: From Calcific Aortic Stenosis to Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease
Nalini M. Rajamannan

4. Ventricular Adaptation to Valvular Heart Disease
Blase A. Carabello

5. Physical Examination in Valvular Heart Disease
Carmel M. Halley, Brian P. Griffin

6. Clinical Hemodynamics in Valvular Heart Disease
Thomas M. Bashore

7. Echocardiographic Assessment of Native Valve Function
Gail E. Peterson, Lisa Forbess

8. Aortic Stenosis
Paul Sorajja, Rick A. Nishimura

9. Aortic Regurgitation
Vera H. Rigolin, Robert O. Bonow

10. Mitral Stenosis
Nazanin Moghbeli, Howard C. Herrmann

11. Mitral Regurgitation
Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, Vuyisile T. Nkomo, Hector I. Michelena

12. Tricuspid Stenosis and Regurgitation
Charles J. Bruce, Patricia A. Pellikka, Heidi M. Connolly

13. Pulmonary Valve Stenosis and Regurgitation
Carlos E. Ruiz, Laurence M. Schneider

14. Contemporary Considerations in Aortic Valve Surgery
B. Zane Atkins, Neal D. Kon, G. Chad Hughes

15. Contemporary Considerations in Mitral Valve Surgery
Donald D. Glower

16. Surgery of the Tricuspid and Pulmonary Valves
Sapan S. Desai, Andrew J. Lodge

17. Medical Therapy of Valvular Heart Disease
Sahil A. Parikh, Patrick T. O’Gara

18. Percutaneous Valve Replacement
John G. Webb, Lukas Altwegg

19. Percutaneous Balloon Valvuloplasty and Mitral Valve Repair
Ted Feldman

20. Post-operative Care of the Patient Undergoing Valve Surgery
Aslan T. Turer, Thomas R. Gehrig, J. Kevin Harrison

21. Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction
Philippe Pibarot, Jean G. Dumesnil, Julien Magne

22. Infective Endocarditis
Andrew Wang, Christopher H. Cabell

23. Exercise and Noncardiac Surgery in Valvular Heart Disease
Stephen A. Hart, Richard A. Krasuski

24. Valvular Heart Disease and Pregnancy
Cary Ward, Andra H. James

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Angiology, Internal Medicine, Thoracic Surgery