Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1. Surgical Anatomy and Pathology of Aortic Valve: Morphogenesis, Normal and Pathological Anatomy
(Giacomo Bianchi, MD, PhD, Adult Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale del Cuore, Massa, Ita”Decision support system” – P3,494 (T, 2016) – MAX 2,000 EMAILS
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Chapter 2. Epidemiology and Clinical Approach to Aortic Valve Disease
(Claudio Passino, Valentina Galfo, Simone Gasparini, Filippo Quattrone, Octavian Vatavu and Alberto Aimo, Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy, and others)
Chapter 3. Non-Invasive Imaging of Aortic Valve – Ultrasounds: Trans-Thoracic, Trans-Esophageal and Stress Echocardiography
(Alberto Giannoni, MD, PhD, Chiara Borrelli, MD, Giulia Elena Mandoli, MD, Francesco Gentile, MD, Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy, and others)
Chapter 4. Advanced Imaging and Functional Tools for Aortic Valve Assessment: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography
(Andrea Barison and Alberto Clemente, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Moonasterio, Pisa-Massa, Italy)
Chapter 5. Degenerative Aortic Valve Disease
(Michele Emdin, Lucio Teresi, Samuele Cannas, Alberto Aimo and Claudio Passino, Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy, and others)
Chapter 6. Aortic Valve Endocarditis: Epidemiology, Treatment and Outcomes
(Michele Danilo Pierri, Mariano Cefarelli, Paolo Berretta, Jacopo Alfonsi, Luca Montecchiani and Marco Di Eusanio, Cardiac Surgery Department, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy)
Chapter 7. Neoplastic Disorders Involving the Aortic Valve
(Angela Pucci, Alessandra Burini, Enrica Manzato and Cristina Zucchinetti, Histopathology Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy)
Chapter 8. Aortic Root Involvement in Congenital Heart Defects: Special Surgical Topics
(Vitali Pak, Elisa Barberi and Duccio Federici, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Heart Hospital, Monasterio Foundation, Massa, Italy)
Chapter 9. Adult Bicuspid Aortic Valve
(Alessandro Della Corte, MD, PhD, and Federica Lo Presti, MD, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Studies of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Unit of Cardiac Surgery and Transplant, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy)
Chapter 10. Management of Aortic Valve Disease in LVADs
(A. Montalto, C. Amarelli, K. Hopkins, V. Piazza and F. Musumeci, Department of Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantation, San Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy, and others)
Chapter 11. Multidisciplinary Approach to the Treatment of Aortic Valve Disease: The Role of the Heart Team
(Giovanni Concistrè, MD, Ospedale del Cuore “G. Pasquinucci”, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Massa, Italy)
Chapter 12. Pharmacological Treatment of Aortic Valve Disease
(Giovanni Concistrè, MD, Ospedale del Cuore “G. Pasquinucci”, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Massa, Italy)
Chapter 13. Surgical Treatment of Aortic Valve Disease: Indications, Risk Stratification and Outcomes
(Rafik Margaryan MD, PhD, Ospedale del Cuore “G. Pasquinucci”, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Massa, Italy)
Chapter 14. Surgical Approach: Conventional and Minimally Invasive Treatments
(Giovanni Concistrè, MD, and Marco Solinas, MD, Ospedale del Cuore “G. Pasquinucci”, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Massa, Italy)
Chapter 15. Totally Endoscopic Aortic Valve Replacement (EAVR)
(Tommaso Hinna Danesi, MD, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Osp. San Bortolo, Vicenza, Italia)
Chapter 16. REDO Surgery for Aortic Valve: Demographics and Operative Options
(Antonio Miceli, MD, PhD, and Mattia Glauber, MD, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Department, Istituto Clinico Sant’Ambrogio, Gruppo Ospedaliero San Donato, Milan, Italy)
Chapter 17. Aortic Prosthesis: Mechanical and Sutured Biological Valves
(Giuseppe Santarpino, Giuseppe Filiberto Serraino and Pasquale Mastroroberto, Anthea Hospital, GVM Care and Research, Bari, Italy, and others)
Chapter 18. New Generation of Aortic Bioprosthesis: Sutureless and Rapid Deployment Valves
(Giovanni Concistrè, MD, Francesca Chiaramonti, PhD, MD, and Marco Solinas, MD, Ospedale del Cuore “G. Pasquinucci”, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Massa, Italy)
Chapter 19. Aortic Valve Repair
(Stefano Mastrobuoni, MD, Laurent De Kerchove, MD, PHD, Gebrine El Khoury, MD, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Department, Saint-Luc’s Hospital, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium)
Chapter 20. Aortic Valve Sparing: Remodeling and Reimplantation
(Ruggero De Paulis, Raffaele Scaffa and Ilaria Chirichilli, Cardiac Surgery Department, European Hospital, Rome, Italy)
Chapter 21. Transcatheter Therapy: Devices and Techniques
(Francesco Maisano and Giulio Russo, University Heart Center, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, and others)
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