Chapter 1. The Burden of Valvular Heart Disease, George A. Mensah
Chapter 2. Clinical Pathology of Valvular Heart Disease, William Clifford Roberts and Jong Mi Ko
Chapter 3. Cellular, Molecular and Genetic Mechanisms of Valvular Heart Disease, Nalini Marie Rajamannan
Chapter 4. Left Ventricular Adaptation to Pressure and/or Volume Overload, Blase A. Carabello
Chapter 5. Evaluation of Valvular Heart Disease by Echocardiography, Catherine M. Otto
Chapter 6. Evaluation of Valvular Heart Disease by Cardiac Catheterization and Angiocardiography, David M. Shavelle
Chapter 7. Evaluation of Valvular Heart Disease by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Computed Tomography, Mario J. Garcia
Chapter 8. Basic Principles of Medical Therapy in the Patient with Valvular Heart Disease, Catherine M. Otto
Chapter 9. Aortic Stenosis, Raphael Rosenhek and Helmut Baumgartner
Chapter 10. Aortic Regurgitation, Pilar Tornos and Robert O. Bonow
Chapter 11. The Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Alan C. Braverman and Michael A. Beardslee
Chapter 12. Surgical Approach to Aortic Valve Disease, Paul Stelzer and David H. Adams
Chapter 13. Percutaneous Aortic Valve Implantation, Brad Munt
Chapter 14. Rheumatic Mitral Valve Disease, Bernard Iung and Alec Vahanian
Chapter 15. Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease, Brian Griffin
Chapter 16. Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation, Robert A. Levine, MD, Ronen Beeri, MD, Yutaka Otsuji, MD, and Ehud Schwammenthal, MD
Chapter 17. Mitral Regurgitation: Timing of Surgery,Rick A. Nishimura and Hartzell V. Schaff
Chapter 18. Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement, Including Associated Atrial Fibrillation and Tricuspid Regurgitation, Patrick M. McCarthy and S. Chris Malaisrie
Chapter 19. Percutaneous Transcatheter Intervention for Mitral Regurgitation, Peter C. Block
Chapter 20. Intraoperative Echocardiography for Mitral Valve Disease, Pravin M. Shah
Chapter 21. Right-Sided Valve Disease, Charles J. Bruce and Heidi M. Connolly
Chapter 22. Infective Endocarditis, Thomas M. Bashore
Chapter 23. Prosthetic Heart Valves, Patrick T. O?Gara
Chapter 24. Valve Disease in Children, L. LuAnn Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, Richard V. Williams, and Michael D. Puchalski
Chapter 25. Valvular Heart Disease in Pregnancy, Karen Stout