Product Description: Disease of the heart valves is increasingly common and frequently requires treatment, usually a combination of drug therapy and surgery to repair or replace the valve. The majority of valvular heart disease occurs in older people, and is due to degenerative disease of the valve tissue...read more

Product Description: Extensive surgical text covering the advances and current approaches to treating aortic valve disease. Illustrated, some color. 73 conrtributors, 29 U.S.

Product Description: Owing to the severe life-threatening nature of many of the injuries it is not always possible to transfer patients to a specialized cardiac centre. This book is the definitive account of current practice in cardiothoracic trauma, covering the injuries caused in both penetrative and non-penetrative trauma to the heart itself and the major arteries and veins which lead to and from it...read more

Product Description: This text is divided into seven sections covering the applications, uses, effects and designs of stentless bioprostheses. The three opening chapters describe the paediatric applications of stentless bioprostheses, with reference to aortic valve replacement and right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction Chapters in the second section discuss the use of stentless bioprostheses in the mitral position...read more

Product Description: This comprehensive text provides the most authoritative, up-to-date coverage of the surgical management of IHD. It includes transplantation techniques, artificial hearts and the less invasive cardiac surgical techniques. A step-by-step guide explains techniques and avoidance of complications...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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