Table of Contents

1. Epidemiology of Valvular Heart Disease

2. Three-Dimensional Anatomy of the Aortic and Mitral Valves

3. Cellular and Molecular Basis of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

4. Clinical and Genetic Risk Factors for Calcific Valve Disease

5. Left Ventricular Adaptation to Pressure and/or Volume Overload

6. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Valvular Heart Disease

7. Evaluation of Valvular Heart Disease for Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography

8. Evaluation of Valvular Heart Disease by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Computed Tomography

9. Basic Principles of Medical Therapy in the Patient with Valvular Heart Disease

10. Risk Assessment for Valvular Heart Disease

11. Aortic Stenosis

12. Aortic Regurgitation

13. The Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Associated Aortic Disease

14. Surgical Approach to Diseases of the Aortic Valve and the Aortic Root

15. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

16. Imaging Guidance of Transcatheter Valve Procedures

17. Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease

18. Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease

19. Secondary Mitral Regurgitation

20. Mitral Regurgitation: Timing of Surgery

21. Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement

22. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement

23. Intraoperative Echocardiography for Mitral Valve Surgery

24. Diseases of the Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valves

25. Infective Endocarditis

26. Prosthetic Heart Valves

27. Valvular Heart Disease in Pregnancy

Appendix 1: ACC/AHA Guidelines Classification and Levels of Evidence

Appendix 2: ESC Guidelines Classification and Levels of Evidence

Index

About the Author

Dr Catherine Otto is lead author/editor of 5 of Elsevier's successful cardiology titles, each with a distinctive use case and primary market:
. Otto Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography
. Otto The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography
. Otto Echocardiography Review Guide
. Otto Valvular Heart Disease: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease
. Oxorn/Otto Intraoperative and Interventional Echocardiography

Dr. Otto is currently J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton Endowed Chair in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Heart, published by the BMJ and the British Cardiovascular Society. Formerly head of the fellowship program at the University of Washington she is a highly prolific author with solid experience in teaching echocardiography skills and applications.
Catherine Otto; please update her credentials in PPM to the above as it's changed

Reviews

"This textbook - the fourth edition of "Valvular Heart Disease" - is the leading textbook in this field, providing the knowledge which conforms to the current guideline recommendations of the American and European Society of Cardiology and Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.

"The editors of "Valvular Heart Disease" are among the world's leaders in this field and they have selected outstanding authors who discuss, in depth, different topics of VHD. They systematically cover the pathogenesis, pathophysiology, clinical findings, imaging, natural history and treatment options." Reviewed by Perfusion, Apr 2015