Update in Heart Valve Replacement: Proceedings of the Second European Symposium on the St. Jude Medical Heart Valve

Front Matter....Pages I-VI
Solved and Unsolved Problems in Heart Valve Replacement....Pages 1-2
The St. Jude Medical Prosthetic Heart Valve: Results from a Five-Year Multicenter Experience....Pages 3-18
Choosing Between Mechanical and Tissue Valves for the Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease....Pages 19-23
Preferred Use of Allografts in the Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease....Pages 25-29
The Use of Mechanical Valves in the Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease....Pages 31-36
The Choice Between Valve Preservation and Valve Replacement....Pages 37-42
The Limits of Central Hemodynamic Improvement by Heart Valve Replacement....Pages 43-45
Can the Hemodynamics of Prosthetic Heart Valves be Evaluated Sufficiently by In Vitro Tests?....Pages 47-54
Is the Late Outcome of Heart Valve Replacement Influenced by the Hemodynamics of the Heart Valve Substitute?....Pages 55-70
When are Hemodynamics Important for the Selection of a Prosthetic Heart Valve?....Pages 71-78
Prosthetic Valve-related or Valve-induced Complications....Pages 79-86
Non-invasive Follow-up of Prosthetic Heart Valves....Pages 87-96
Hemolysis Following Cardiac Valve Replacement....Pages 97-104
The Risk of Thromboembolism and Hemorrhage After Implantation of Heart Valve Prostheses....Pages 105-107
Anticoagulation and Prosthetic Heart Valves....Pages 109-115
Valve Malfunction and Heart Valve Replacement in Patients at Risk....Pages 117-120
Incidence, Clinical Findings and Management of Prosthetic Valve Malfunction....Pages 121-129
Valve Replacement in Children with Congenital Heart Disease....Pages 131-138
Valve Replacement in Infancy and Childhood....Pages 139-142
Back Matter....Pages 143-146