Aortopathy

Part I. Overview

1. History of Aortopathy
Koichiro Niwa

2. Pathological Background
Koichiro Niwa

3. Physiological Background
Tomoaki Murakami

4. Aortopathies: Clinical Manifestation
Harald Kaemmerer, Yskert Kodolitsch

5. Genetics of Marfan Syndrome, Related Disorders, and Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Takayuki Morisaki, Hiroko Morisaki

Part II. Diagnosis and Management

6. Imaging: Echo, CT and MRI
Kenneth Guo, Narayan Lath, Ju Le Tan

7. Pulse Wave Velocity and Augmentation Index
Tomoaki Murakami

8. Comprehensive Assessment of Aortopathy Using Catheterization
Hirofumi Saiki, Hideaki Senzaki

9. Pregnancy and Delivery
Shinji Katsuragi, Jun Yoshimatsu, Koichiro Niwa, Tomoaki Ikeda

10. Medications
Hsin-Hui Chiu, Mei-Hwan Wu

11. Clinical Diagnosis and Surgical Therapy of the Ascending Aorta and the Aortic Arch
Christian Detter, Jens Brickwedel

12. Surgery (Bentall, Valve Sparing, Ross Procedure, Etc.)
Kozo Matsuo

13. Stenting in Aortopathies
Joanna Ghobrial, Jamil Aboulhosn

Part III. Various Disorders That Represent Aortopathy

14. The Marfan Syndrome
Romy Franken, Barbara J. M. Mulder

15. Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Yskert Kodolitsch, Harald Kaemmerer

16. Aortic Coarctation
Allard T. Hoven, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink

17. Tetralogy of Fallot and Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect
Koichiro Niwa

18. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Ryo Inuzuka

19. Transposition of the Great Arteries After Arterial Switch Operation
Satoshi Masutani

20. The Fontan Operation
Hideo Ohuchi

21. Future Research Projects on Aortopathy in Congenital Heart Anomalies
Masaru Miura

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Pediatrics, Cardiac Surgery