Advances in Treatments for Aortic Valve and Root Diseases

Aortic root anatomy.- Functional anatomy and dynamics of aortic root.- Multimodality imaging assessment of aortic stenosis.- Multimodality imaging assessment of aortic regurgitation.- Stress echocardiography in aortic valve disease.- Multimodality imaging assessment of prosthetic aortic valve.- Imaging predictors of reparable aortic valve.- TAVI: candidate selection and treatment guidance.- 4D flow imaging in aortic disease.- Aortic mitral valve coupling in aortic disease.- Bicuspid aortic valve.- Angio CT-scan and MRI imaging considerations prior to minimally invasive surgery.- Tricuspid aortic valve repair.- Bicuspid aortic valve repair.- Aortic annulus stabilization using external rings.- Aortic annulus stabilization using internal rings.- Root replacement with biological valve conduits.- Aortic valve-sparing reimplantation technique.- Aortic valve-sparing remodelling technique.- Aortic valve-sparing in aortic dissection.- Minimally invasive aortic root techniques.- Modified David Operation.- Mini-sternotomy.- Right anterior mini-thoracotomy.- Totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement.- Sutureless aortic valve implantation.- Rapid deployment aortic valve implantation.- Stentless aortic valve prosthesis.- Aortic valve replacement with autologous pericardium.- Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) using the transapical approach.- Transfemoral TAVI: devices and techniques.- Alternative approaches for TAVI: Transaortic, subclavian, carotid.- Aortic valve-in-valve implantation.- Demographics and operative options: D. Pacini - Roberto Di Bartolomeo.- The Heart Valve Center of Excellence/Heart team.

Khalil Fattouch is a well-known surgeon with high expertise in the field of aortic valve and root management. He has published several papers in the context of valve disease and is highly respected by the scientific committee. He has already co-edited a book in secondary mitral regurgitation, which was very carefully managed.

Patrizio Lancellotti is a pioneer in the field of valvular heart disease. He has published several papers related to the main topic of the present book and is part of the guidelines writing group on valvular heart disease. He has already co-edited several books including the secondary mitral regurgitation with Khalil Fattouch.

Dr. Mani Vannan, MBBS, FACC, FAHA, FASE is a pioneer in the field of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging. He is Chief of Cardiovascular Imaging and Co-Chief of Structural and Valvular Center of Excellence at the Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA. He has been a clinical cardiologist, educator and investigator for over 15 years. He started his career graduating from medical school in India and then trained in the United Kingdom before pursuing further cardiology practice in the US. He has been at the forefront of advanced imaging technologies, techniques and how these practices are applied in clinical practice. Dr. Vannan's passion is integrated cardiovascular imaging where a collaborative effort is made across different modalities to address questions for a given disease to aid in clinical-decision making and guide interventions and management.



Dr. Giuseppe Speziale is a cardiac surgeon specialised in minimally invasive cardiac surgery, valve repair and reconstruction, aortic reconstruction and revascularisation. Since 2008 he has been the Director of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Anthea Hospital of Bari, and he also works at the Villa Torri Hospital (Bologna) and at the ICC - Istituto Clinico Cardiologico (Rome).

"All aspects of diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment are discussed in great detail, offering a state-of-the-art discussion of this topic. ... This is an excellent book for students, trainees, and experienced practitioners. ... This is a great compendium for this specific patient population and provides a compact source of the most current understanding and treatment options." (Michael Bates, Doody's Book Reviews, August, 2018)