Heart Valve Surgery

1. Front Matter

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2. History of Heart Valve Surgery

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   Pages 13-19

3. Surgical Anatomy of the Heart Valves

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   Pages 21-40

4. Overview of the Valve Replacement Devices

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   Pages 41-80

5. Choice of the Optimal Valve for Replacement

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   Pages 81-101

6. Aortic Valve Surgery

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   Pages 103-211

7. Mitral Valve Surgery

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   Pages 213-307

8. Tricuspid Valve Surgery

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   Pages 309-356

9. Pulmonary Valve Surgery

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   Pages 357-361

10. Dysfunction of Implanted Heart Valves

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    Pages 363-396

11. Results of Heart Valve Surgery

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    Pages 397-401

12. Back Matter

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T e four heart valves reside in the center of the heart. T is indicates their crucial role in cardiac performance. Fau- less function of the valves is a prerequisite for unidir- tional forward movement of the blood, and such function is necessary to support the ef orts of the cardiac atria and ventricles. Healthy heart valves function gracefully and of er mechanical durability. Bioengineers have to marvel at the biomechanical evolution of these perfectly placed valves. Heart valves can be involved in pathological processes, however, and only then do we realize just how indispensable they really are. At one time, serious valve disorders used to be a matter of life and death for patients. Only in recent decades have surgeons been able to reverse the ominous course of heart valve disease and of er patients a quality of life and life span comparable to that of healthy persons. T e story of this ef ort began approximately 100 years ago, and today heart valve surgery is a substantial subspecialty of cardiac surgery, with accumulated experience in indications, procedures, risks, and outcomes. T e aim of this book is to present a richly illustrated compendium of the present knowledge related to heart valve surgery, based on the clinical expertise of the authors as well as the newest treatment modalities. T e authors thank Dr. Alireeza Matloobi from the Mayo Clinic for his help in preparating the book.

• Cardiovascular
• Valve Replacement
• anatomy
• cardiology
• heart
• surgery

• Dept. Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

  Jan Dominik, Pavel Zacek

The authors are recognized experts in heart valve surgery, and draw on their vast experience to provide a book that will serve not only as a basic manual for cardiac surgeons but also as an invaluable compendium of readily understood information for cardiologists and general practitioners.

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