Valvular Heart Disease: Expert Consult - Online and Print (Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease)

The 2nd Edition of the field's definitive reference has been completely updated to reflect all of the advances in the field. The second edition discusses significant advances in problem management, disease processes, and optimal treatments for patients with valvular heart disease. Designed to fully accommodate information needs of health practitioners across all specialties, it offers to the cardiologist succinct and practical information on clinical aspects, diagnostic approaches, and medical as well as surgical management options.

• Features individual chapters on special considerations in management of valve disease in pediatric and pregnant patients.
• Includes new data on the myocardial response at the cellular and tissue level.
• References and summarizes ACC/AHA guidelines on valvular heart disease.
• Gives complete guidelines on how and why to surgically treat valve patients.

• Reports on the clinical trial outcomes of valve disease · new data on EBCT for valve calcification and real-time MR imaging · new data on valve substitutes..
• Incorporates new chapters addressing valve disease in children and pregnant women..
• Proposes methods of surgical management and interventions for the treatment of valve disease.
• Focuses on the genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms of valvular disease.