Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Aortic Valve Surgery

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Noboru Motomura
Noboru Motomura

Toho University Medical Center Sakura Hospital,
Japan

Published22 December 2011

Doi10.5772/1787

ISBN978-953-307-600-3

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6616-0

Copyright year2011

Number of pages258

The aortic valve is located at the center of the heart. It is the core of cardiac anatomy and aortic valve surgery has led the field of cardiac surgery. This book describes all aspects of aortic valve surgery and it will help clarify daily questions regarding the clinical practice in aortic valve surgery, as well as induce inspiration and new insights into this field.

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Table of Contents

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3. Which Valve to Who: Prosthetic Valve Selection for Aortic Valve Surgery

By Bilal Kaan Inan, Mustafa Saçar, Gökhan Önem and Ahmet Baltalarli

3,278
4. Prosthetic Aortic Valves: A Surgical and Bioengineering Approach

By Dimosthenis Mavrilas, Efstratios Apostolakis and Petros Koutsoukos

3,267
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5. Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement and Aortic Valve Repair

By William Y. Shi, Michael O’ Keefe and George Matalanis

4,936
6. Aortic Valve Sparing Operations

By Bradley G. Leshnower and Edward P. Chen

3,207
9. Aortic Valve Surgery and Reduced Ventricular Function

By Dominik Wiedemann, Nikolaos Bonaros and Alfred Kocher

5,647
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10. Relationship Between Aortic Valve Replacement and Old Age

By Jean-Michel Maillet and Dominique Somme

3,139
11. Neurological Complications in Aortic Valve Surgery and Rehabilitation Treatment Used

By M. Paz Sanz-Ayan, Delia Diaz, Antonio Martinez-Salio, Francisco Miguel Garzon, Carmen Urbaneja, Jose Valdivia and Alberto Forteza

10,535
13. An Expansible Aortic Ring for a Standardized and Physiological Approach of Aortic Valve Repair

By Emmanuel Lansac, Isabelle Di Centa, Rémi Escande, Maguette Ba, Nizar Kellil, Eric Arnaud Crozat, Eric Portocarrero, Aicha Abed, Anthony Paolitto, Mathieu Debauchez and Anne Meddahi- Pelle

3,524

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