Diagnosis and Treatment of Mitral Valve Disease: A Multidisciplinary Approach

The only reference wholly dedicated to this complex topic, Diagnosis and Treatment of Mitral Valve Disease: A Multidisciplinary Approach provides authoritative, must-have information on the disease processes affecting the mitral valve, interpretation of diagnostic studies, and medical, transcatheter, and surgical treatments needed for mitral valve repair. Using a multidisciplinary approach, Drs. Scott Goldman and William Gray oversee a “who’s who” team of contributing authors who offer a holistic view of the modern treatment of mitral valve disease for today’s cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, and other cardiac team members. 

Key Features

• Includes foundational chapters on anatomy and pathophysiology of the mitral valve—critically important topics when treating multiple complex and highly dynamic structures that function as a single unit. 

• Covers diagnostic tools, medical treatments, surgical therapies, and transcatheter therapies, and provides tips for developing a successful mitral valve program (with baseline thresholds, common pitfalls, and a checklist for hospitals). 

• Uses an accessible, quick-reference format that features takeaway chapter openers, bulleted key points, end-of-chapter summaries, a common nomenclature and glossary of terms, key references, and ample line drawings, photographs, tables, charts, and graphs throughout. 

• Incorporates the essential role of imaging in structural transcatheter interventions, including echocardiography and transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER), and their uses in diagnostic work-up, procedural planning, intra-procedural guidance, and follow-up. 

• Features dozens of procedural videos, including transthoracic echocardiogram; cardiac MRI for mitral regurgitation; transcatheter mitral valve repair; transcatheter valvuloplasty; percutaneous mitral valve interventions; MitraClip™ positioning; and many more. 

• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. 

? Introduction (Scott Goldman)
? Foundations (Scott Goldman, William Gray)
? Anatomy: key structures and abnormalities
? Pathophysiology: disease classification (Carpentier Classification System)
? ACC/CHA Guidelines and treatment options
? Diagnostic tools (Katie Hawthorne, Rebecca Hahn, Eric Gnall, Sandra Abramson)
? Physical examination
? Transthoracic echo
? Transesophageal echo
? Special considerations for transcatheter therapy
? MRI
? CT Scan
? Cardiac catheterization
? Medical treatment (Steven Domsky, Steven Rothman)
? Neurohormonal medications
? Resynchronization therapies
? Evaluation, common pitfalls, and complications
? Surgical therapies (Michael Acker, Robert Smith, Scott Goldman, Evelio Rodriguez, Chris
Malaisrie)
? Medical devices and instruments
? Perfusion techniques
? Sternotomy
? Right thoracotomy
? Endoscopic
? Robotic
? Surgical repair of the mitral valve
? Surgical replacement of the mitral valve
? Evaluation, common pitfalls, and complications
? Transcatheter therapies (William Gray, Scott Lim, Saibal Kar, Gorav Ailawadi)
? Transcatheter mitral valve repair
? Transcatheter mitral valve replacement
? The future of transcather treatments (what's in clinical trial)
? Evaluation, common pitfalls, and complications
? Developing successful programs (Scott Goldman, William Gray, Saibal Kar, Gorav Ailawadi)
? The multidisciplinary team
? Financial considerations
? Quality improvement and outcomes
? Educating patients and primary care professionals
? Checklist for success
? Glossary
? Appendix

Author Information

Edited by Scott Goldman, MD, Director Structural Heart Program Lankenau Heart Institute Professor of Surgery Thomas Jefferson University

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