Overview

Preoperative and intraoperative echocardiography has become an indispensable tool for guiding mitral valve surgery and has fostered the development of many innovative surgical techniques. Mitral valvuloplasty is now an established surgical method for the treatment of mitral insufficiency but the success is largely dependent on the extent of the underlying disease of the mitral valve. The book by Dr. Ng and coauthors is an extraordinary presentation of the relation between echocardiographic display of mitral valve pathology and reconstructive mitral valve surgery. The atlas provides an excellent illustrative guide to teach echocardiographic-anatomic correlations and educates the reader on the techniques of mitral valve repair. The quality of the illustrations, particularly the surgical photographs is exquisite. The book will be helpful for cardiologists and cardiac surgeons.

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Author:   Christian Punzengruber ,  Choi-Keung Ng ,  Bijoy K. Khandheria ,  Hans-Joachim Nesser
Publisher:   Springer Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Springer Verlag GmbH
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9783709137239

ISBN 10:   3709137233
Pages:   119
Publication Date:   23 August 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Classification of mitral insufficiency according to leaflet mobility.- 3 Principles of reconstruction.- 4 Mitral valve surgery in annulus calcification.- 5 Mitral valve surgery in Barlow’s disease.- 6 Mitral valve surgery for complications of endocarditis.- 7 Mitral valve surgery in the presence of leaflet restriction.- 8 Combined reconstruction with leaflet extension plasty.- 9 Mitral valve surgery in the presence of leaflet elongation.- 10 Mitral valve surgery in the presence of flail leaflet.- 11 Surgery for mitral apparatus disorders caused by ischemic heart disease.- 12 Operations in the atrioventricular valves in the presence of blunt cardiac trauma.- 13 Operations in the presence of multivalvular defects.- 14 Contraindications for reparative surgery.- 15 Results.- 16 Discussion.- 17 Conclusion.- References.- Illustrations.- List of Contributors.- of DVD.

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