Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Advances in surgical and medical care have led to rapid growth in the number and state of adults living with congenital heart disease (see Chapter 82 ). Consequently there…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians General Considerations The number of adults living with congenital heart disease (CHD) is growing faster than the number of children with CHD, and now is estimated to be at…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Rheumatic fever (RF) is a leading cause of acquired heart disease in children and young adults worldwide. It is an illness preceded by a pharyngeal infection with group A…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Infections involving the heart valves (infectious endocarditis [IE]) and those that involve cardiovascular devices, including permanent pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), coronary stents, and ventricular assist devices, are associated with…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians The past six decades have witnessed extraordinary advancements in patient survival and functional outcomes following heart valve replacement surgery. Continued refinements in prosthetic valve design and performance, surgical and…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians The impetus for the development of transcatheter therapies for valvular heart disease (VHD) arises from two major factors. First, a transcatheter therapy can avoid the risks associated with more…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Tricuspid Stenosis Causes and Pathology Tricuspid stenosis (TS) is almost always rheumatic in origin, although rheumatic valve disease more commonly affects left-sided valves. Other causes of obstruction to right…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians The prevalence of valvular heart disease increases with age, and population studies have shown mitral regurgitation (MR) of either primary or secondary cause is the most prevalent valvular disorder,…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Mitral stenosis (MS), known in the literature since at least the 1669 description by John Mayow and a major manifestation of rheumatic heart disease (RHD), remains an important problem…
Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Epidemiology, Natural History, and Treatment Alternatives for Valvular Aortic Stenosis See the online chapter for discussion on epidemiology, natural history, and treatment alternatives for valvular aortic stenosis (AS) (see…