Multimodality Imaging for Cardiac Valvular Interventions, Volume 1 Aortic Valve From Diagnosis to Decision-Making

This book provides a practically applicable guide to the use of multimodality imaging for managing aortic valve disorders. Details of how to successfully diagnose a range of aortic valve diseases is presented, with detailed information covered on the techniques and relevant criteria for pre-operative screening, surgical and transcatheter planning, intraprocedural imaging and related postoperative follow-up.

Multimodality Imaging for Cardiac Valvular Interventions, Volume 1 Aortic Valve: From Diagnosis to Decision-Making enables the reader to develop a thorough understanding and confidence of how to make appropriate clinical decisions when confronted by a range of aortic valve diseases.  It is therefore a key resource for  practicing cardiac imagers, cardiologists and interventional cardiologists who encounter these patients in their day-to-day clinical practice and trainees in cardiology seeking insight on the appropriate management of these patients.

Diagnosis, Indication and Timing.- Patient screening.- Planning the procedure.- Intraprocedural guidance and monitoring.- Assessment and Follow-up.

Francesco Maisano is Chairman of the Heart Center Zurich and Director of the Heart Surgery Unit at University Hospital Zurich. He is a pioneer and worldwide-known expert in the management of structural heart diseases.

Philipp Kaufmann is a Professor and Head of Cardiac Imaging at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.

Hatem Alkadhi is Professor of Radiology with special focus on Cardiovascular Imaging at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Michel Zuber is Professor of Cardiology at the University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland, specializing in diagnostic, advanced and interventional echocardiography, with a clinic for non-invasive cardiology.

Alberto Pozzoli is a heart surgeon with interventional cardiology experience in structural heart disease, at the University Hospital Zurich. He has special focus on cardiac multimodality imaging related to the treatment and managements of structural heart diseases. 

Edwin Ho is an internationally known interventional cardiologist based at the Heart Valve Clinic, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.