Perspectives in Aortic Valve Disease

Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Surgical Anatomy and Pathology of Aortic Valve: Morphogenesis, Normal and Pathological Anatomy; Epidemiology and Clinical Approach to Aortic Valve Disease; Non-Invasive Imaging of Aortic Valve Ultrasounds: Trans-Thoracic, Trans-Esophageal and Stress Echocardiography; Advanced Imaging and Functional Tools for Aortic Valve Assessment: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography; Degenerative Aortic Valve Disease; Aortic Valve Endocarditis: Epidemiology, Treatment and Outcomes; Neoplastic Disorders Involving the Aortic Valve; Aortic Root Involvement in Congenital Heart Defects: Special Surgical Topics; Adult Bicuspid Aortic Valve; Management of Aortic Valve Disease in LVADs; Multidisciplinary Approach to the Treatment of Aortic Valve Disease: The Role of the Heart Team; Pharmacological Treatment of Aortic Valve Disease; Surgical Treatment of Aortic Valve Disease: Indications, Risk Stratification and Outcomes; Surgical Approach: Conventional and Minimally Invasive Treatments; Totally Endoscopic Aortic Valve Replacement (EAVR); REDO Surgery for Aortic Valve: Demographics and Operative Options; Aortic Prosthesis: Mechanical and Sutured Biological Valves; New Generation of Aortic Bioprosthesis: Sutureless and Rapid Deployment Valves; Aortic Valve Repair; Aortic Valve Sparing: Remodeling and Reimplantation; Transcatheter Therapy: Devices and Techniques; Index.