1st Edition

Transcatheter Valve Therapies

By Christoph Huber, Ted Feldman Copyright 2010
    280 Pages
    by CRC Press

    280 Pages
    by CRC Press

    The landscape of cardiac surgery is changing, as is the field of interventional cardiology. The idea of accessing and replacing a failing valve through the patients vasculature has become the most rapidly expanding therapy of choice in cardiovascular disease. Transcatheter Valve Therapies chronicles the astonishing advances that have taken place in the field and prepares readers for the challenging future of cardiac valve therapies.

    Designed to meet the growing needs of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, anesthetists, and general practitioners, the book covers all aspects from logistic needs to clinical outcomes. It provides a comprehensive overview of transcatheter valve therapies and the necessary understanding for a successful clinical introduction at individual institutions.

    Topics include:

    • Epidemiologic considerations
    • Aspects of balloon aortic valvuloplasty as a stand-alone procedure or as part of the transcatheter valve replacement
    • The history of how transcatheter valve therapies were implemented into surgical practice
    • New imaging modalities
    • The particularities of transcatheter access
    • Aortic root anatomy
    • Emerging technologies and future design improvements
    • Development steps of aortic devices and potential solutions for transcatheter tricuspid, mitral, and pulmonary valve replacement
    • The rigorous testing requirements for endovascular medical devices
    • Clinical results of aortic transcatheter valve therapies in easy accessible text and table formats
    • The future of transcatheter valve therapies

    All topics are discussed based on the author’s own clinical and experimental experience in the field. This volume is essential for anyone involved in transcatheter valve implantation, clinicians wishing to become more involved in improving transcatheter valve therapies, and researchers engaged in building and creating new medical technologies to shape the cardiovascular landscape of the future.

    Introduction

    Historical Background

    Epidemiologic Consideration on Transcatheter Therapies for Structural Heart Disease—An Unmet Clinical Need

    Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty: Current Techniques and Clinical Utility; Ted Feldman, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.

    Introduction of New Technologies

    Access to the Aortic Valves

    Device-Related Insights into the Aortic Root Anatomy

    Physiologic Response to Aortic Valved Stent with Emphasis on Coronary Flow

    Experimental Data

    Preclinical Valved Stent Device Testing

    Experimental Studies In Vivo

    Clinical Results of Aortic Transcatheter Valve Therapies

    Company Overview

    Future Perspectives and Conclusion


    Biography

    Huber, Christoph; Feldman, Ted