"This book will be a valuable resource for healthcare providers and innovators in the field of cardiovascular medicine. It provides a comprehensive overview of the current and novel treatment options for heart failure and valvular disease." --Doody
SECTION 1: Treatment of heart failure - device-based therapies and monitoring modalities 1. Keeping a Finger on the Pulse - A brief history of cardiovascular medicine 2. Artificial mechanical hearts and ventricular assist devices 3. Percutaneous left and right ventricular support devices 4. Cardiac resynchronization therapy 5. Left atrial decompression devices 6. Device-based treatment for diastolic heart failure 7. Ultrafiltration and other treatments of volume overload in congestive heart failure 8. Cardiac physical remodeling and percutaneous solutions for the treatment of advanced Heart Failure
SECTION 2: Treatment of systolic heart failure - cell and gene-based therapies, tissue engineering and biopolymers 9. Cardiac xenotransplantation 10. Marrow-derived stromal cells for cardiac regeneration 11. Heart-derived cells for therapeutic application 12. Human Pluripotent Stem Cells for Cardiac Regeneration 13. Heart Regeneration Using Somatic Cells 14. In-vitro engineered heart tissue grafts 15. Decellularization of whole hearts for cardiac regeneration 16. Gene and protein-based therapies for improving cardiac performance and regeneration 17. Biopolymers in the treatment of heart failure and cardiac remodeling
SECTION 3: Treatment of systolic heart failure - novel pharmacological treatments 18. Novel pharmacotherapies for the treatment of heart failure
SECTION 4: Treatment of valvular disorders 19. Heart Valve Tissue Engineering: Current Preclinical and Clinical approaches 20. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement 21. Transcatheter mitral valve repairs for degenerative and Functional mitral regurgitation 22. Transcatheter mitral valve implantation 23. Transcatheter treatments for tricuspid valve diseases