Valvular Heart Disease: 20 (Fundamental and Clinical Cardiology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824788613 ISBN 13: 9780824788612

Publisher: CRC Press, 1994

Synopsis

This useful reference provides up-to-the-minute coverage of every aspect of valvular heart disease-presenting etiology, pathophysiology, and symptomatology in detail as well as current methods of diagnosis and treatment.
Examines specific problems in valvular heart disease such as endocarditis, pregnancy, arrhythmias, rheumatic disease, acute regurgitation, and surgery in children and the elderly!
Reviewing the latest invasive and non-invasive diagnostic techniques and analyzing the wide variety of management choices, Valvular Heart Disease

explicates the pathology, echocardiography, and the radiological examination of valvular diseases

discusses each of the heart valves

elucidates possible pitfalls in diagnosis and management

shows how to assess left and right ventricular function and how to time surgery

illustrates the benefits and drawbacks of medical, interventional, and surgical management, including balloon catheter, valvotomy, and valve repair

supplies an in-depth overview of conservative therapy

and more!

About this title

Synopsis:

This volume provides coverage of every aspect of valvular heart disease, presenting aetiology, pathophysiology and symptomatology in detail, as well as current methods of diagnosis and treatment. Specific problems in valvular heart disease, such as endocarditis, pregnancy, arrhythmias, rheumatic disease, acute regurgitation and surgery in children and the elderly are examined.

About this edition

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0824788613
• ISBN 13: 9780824788612
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 750
• Editor: AI Zaibag Muayed, Duran Carlos M. G.