Mitral Valve Transesophageal Echocardiography provides a concise yet in-depth analysis of the mitral valve from an experience of over 10,000 transesophageal echocardiograms.

Features:

• Coverage of normal mitral valve structure and function, followed by abnormalities of structure and function
• Evaluation of prostheses, interventional cardiology techniques and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography
• A concise explanation of measurements of cardiac chamber sizes, function and Doppler for transesophageal echocardiographic applications
• Transesophageal echocardiographic images juxtaposed with correlative anatomic specimens to provide a clear understanding of normal and abnormal mitral valve anatomy

Contents

• History and Introduction
• Normal Anatomy, Normal Transesophageal Echocardiography and Normal Doppler
• Mitral Stenosis
• Mitral Regurgitation
• Mitral Valve Endocarditis
• Congenital Mitral Valve
• Mitral Valve Repair
• Mitral Valve Prostheses

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