Transcatheter valve repair

✍ Scribed by Ziyad Hijazi; et al

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2006
• Leaves: 378
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content: The Pulmonary Valve. Embryology/Pathology of the pulmonary valve both in stenosis and regurgitation: Pulmonary Regurgitation. Assessment of the pulmonary valve with magnetic resonance imaging. Hemodynamic evaluation of pulmonary valve disease and Indications for repair/replacement of the valve. Hemodynamic Evaluation of Pulmonary Valve Disease:Indications for Repair, Replacement and Valvuloplasty. Impact of emerging technologies in cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery- Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation. Established techniques for repair/replacement of the pulmonic valve: Small intestinal submucosa-a new generation of valve replacement. Available Transcatheter pulmonary valves: Perventricular Technique with Shelhigh valve. Available transcatheter pulmonary valves- Bonhoeffer valve. Extending the present limitations and indications of percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement to small patients and large ventricular outflow tracts. The Aortic Valve. Embryology/Pathology of the aortic valve in AS and AR. Aortic Stenosis: Pathophysiology, clinical, and echocardiographic manifestations. Hemodynamic Evaluation of aortic valve disease and Indications for repair/replacement. Impact of new percutaneous techniques of aortic valve replacement on cardiology/cardiac surgical practice. Established Methods of aortic valve repair and replacement. Non-surgical aortic valve replacement: history, present and future perspectives. Clinical Experience with the Percutaneous Heart Valve for treatment of degenerative aortic stenosis. The CoreValve in the Aortic Position. Development of a Nanosynthesized Metallic Percutaneous Aortic Valve. The Mitral Valve. Embryology of the mitral valve and Pathology of mitral valve stenosis, Regurgitation. Mitral valve disease. MRI/CT Scan evaluation of the mitral valve. Invasive Hemodynamics for the assessment of the mitral valve. Impact of emerging percutaneous techniques on Cardiology and cardiac surgical practice: Established methods of surgical mitral valve repair and replacement. Percutaneous leaflet repair for mitral regurgitation using the Evalve edge-to-edge clip technique. Available Transcatheter mitral valve repair techniques. CS method. A Hybrid approach to the mini-invasive replacement of the mitral valve. The Tricuspid Valve. Evaluation of the tricuspid valve using MRI. Hemodynamic evaluation of tricuspid stenosis and regurgitation: Indications for repair and replacement. Established surgical methods for tricuspid valve repair and replacement. Available devices for percutaneous replacement of the tricuspid valve. Tissue Engineering. Different tissues for valves: How to choose the right tissue. Valve Testing. Valve testing: Durability and beyond