100 Questions & Answers About Valvular Heart Disease

by Pai, Ramdas G.; Varadarajan, Padmini

• ISBN13: 9780763753870
• ISBN10: 0763753874
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-23
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Empower Yourself! Whether yours"re a newly diagnosed patient with valvular heart disease, or have a friend or relative with valvular heart problems, this book offers help. 100 Questions & Answers About Valvular Heart Disease gives authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, and provides sources of support from both the doctorrs"s and patientrs"s viewpoints. Included are improved surgical procedures, noninvasive techniques for surveillance of left ventricular function, guidelines For The timing of surgery, And The role of drug therapy in the management of valvular heart disease. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this disease.

Author Biography

Ramdas G. Pai, MD, Director of Cardiac Imaging Center, Director Heart Valve Center, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA Padmini Varadarajan, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
The Basics	p. 1
Questions 1-6
Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis	p. 11
Questions 7-53
Treatment Decisions	p. 41
Questions 54-57
Surgical Management	p. 45
Questions 58-67
Specific Valve Problems	p. 57
Questions 68-99
Question 100
Glossary	p. 87
Index	p. 93
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