Historical background -- Epidemiologic consideration on transcatheter therapies for structural heart disease : an unmet clinical need -- Balloon aortic valvuloplasty : current techniques and clinical utility / Ted Feldman -- Introduction of new technologies -- Access to the aortic valves -- Device-related insights into the aortic root anatomy -- Physiologic response to aortic valved stent with emphasis on coronary flow -- Experimental data -- Preclinical valved stent device testing / Jack D. Lemmon -- Experimental studies in-vivo -- Clinical results of aortic transcatheter valve therapies -- Company overview -- Future perspectives and conclusion
Summary
Presents readers with the entire scope of cardiac valve surgery
