Part I Overview.- 1 History of Aortopathy.- 2 Pathological Background.- 3 Physiological Background.- 4 Aortopathies: Clinical Manifestation.- 5 Genetics of Marfan Syndrome, Related Disorders and Bicuspid Aortic Valve.- Part II Diagnosis and Management.- 6 Imaging in Aortopathy: Echo, CT and MRI.- 7 Pulse Wave Velocity and Augmentation Index.- 8 Comprehensive Assessment of Aortopathy Using Catheterization.- 9 Aortopathy in Pregnancy and Delivery.- 10 Medications.- 11 Clinical Diagnosis and Surgical Therapy of the Ascending Aorta and the Aortic Arch.- 12 Surgery (Bentall, Valve Sparing, Ross Procedure etc.).- 13 Stenting.- Part III Various Disorders That Represent Aortopathy.- 14 The Marfan Syndrome.-15 Bicuspid aortic valve.- 16 Aortic Coarctation.-17 Tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect.- 18 Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.- 19 Aortopathy in Transposition of the Great Arteries after Arterial Switch Operation.- 20 Aortopathy in Patients after the Fontan Operation.- 21 Future Research Project in Aortopathy
Koichiro Niwa is the Director at Cardiovascular Center at St. Luke:s International Hospital in Tokyo, Japan. The co-editor, Harald Kaemmerer is the Director ACHD Unit at German Heart Centre Munich.
