Valvular Heart Disease: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

Dr. Catherine Otto is currently the 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.

• 1. Epidemiology of Valvular Heart DiseaseJohn B. Chambers2. Three-Dimensional Anatomy of the Aortic and Mitral ValvesWendy Tsang, Benjamin H. Freed, Roberto M. Lang3. Molecular Mechanisms of Calcific Aortic Valve DiseaseRussell J. Everett, David E. Newby, Marc R. Dweck4. Clinical and Genetic Risk Factors for Calcific Valve DiseaseGeorge Thanassoulis5. Left Ventricular and Vascular Changes in Valvular Heart DiseaseBrian R. Lindman6. Principles of Medical Therapy for Patients With Valvular Heart DiseaseJohn P. Erwin III, Catherine M. Otto7. Surgical and Procedural Risk Assessment of Patients With Valvular Heart DiseaseMohanad Hamandi, Michael J. Mack8. Imaging the Aortic Valve Rebecca T. Hahn, João Luiz Cavalcante9. Aortic Stenosis: Clinical Presentation, Disease Stages, and Timing of InterventionJason P. Linefsky, Catherine M. Otto10. Aortic Regurgitation: Clinical Presentation, Disease Stages, and ManagementArturo Evangelista, Pilar Tornos, Robert O. Bonow11. The Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Associated Aortic DiseaseAlan C. Braverman, Andrew Cheng12. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Indications, Procedure, and OutcomesAmisha J. Patel, Susheel Kodali13. Imaging Assessment for Transcatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementJames Lee, Paul Schoenhagen, Milind Desai14. Surgical Approach to Diseases of the Aortic Valve and Aortic RootS. Chris Malaisrie, Patrick M. McCarthy15. Diagnostic Evaluation of Mitral RegurgitationAkhil Narang, Jyothy Puthumana, James D. Thomas16. Rheumatic and Calcific Mitral Stenosis and Mitral CommissurotomyBernard Iung, Alec Vahanian17. Mitral Valve Prolapse David Messika-Zeitoun, Maurice Enriquez-Sarano18. Secondary (Functional) Mitral Valve Regurgitation in Ischemic and Dilated CardiomyopathyPaul A. Grayburn19. Surgical Mitral Repair and ReplacementJavier G. Castillo, David H. Adams20. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair and ReplacementHoward C. Herrmann21. Imaging Guidance of Transcatheter Mitral Valve ProceduresErnesto E. Salcedo, Robert A. Quaife, John D. Carroll 22. Intraoperative Echocardiography for Mitral Valve SurgeryDonald C. Oxorn23. Diseases of the Tricuspid ValveGrace Lin24. Pulmonic Valve Disease in AdultsYuli Y. Kim25. Infective EndocarditisAndrew Wang, Thomas Michael Bashore26. Prosthetic Heart Valves: Selection, Management and OutcomesPatrick O'Gara, Philippe Pibarot27. Management of Bioprosthetic Valve DegenerationDanny Dvir28. Valvular Heart Disease in PregnancyKaren K. Stout, Eric V. Krieger