This book covers in detail all aspects of functional mitral and tricuspid regurgitation, from its pathophysiology and natural history, to its assessment, medical and surgical treatment, and long term results. Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation encompasses information and knowledge from a diverse background including cardiology, cardiac surgery and basic science. This is necessary for a full understanding of the subject in order to optimally manage patients with this condition.
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Springer International Publishing
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Illustrationen
28
72 farbige Abbildungen, 28 s/w Abbildungen
XIV, 222 p. 100 illus., 72 illus. in color. With online files/update.
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Höhe: 260 mm
Breite: 183 mm
Dicke: 18 mm
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ISBN-13
978-3-319-43508-4 (9783319435084)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-43510-7
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Professor K. M. John Chan is Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Sarawak Heart Centre in Kuching, Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur and Gleneagles Medini Medical Centre in Johor, Malaysia. He is also Hunterian Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in London, U.K., and Honorary Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London, U.K.
He has a large clinical practice in the full range of adult cardiac and thoracic surgery, including coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, aortic, aortic valve, mitral and tricuspid valve surgery, mediastinal surgery, lung surgery, pleural surgery and video assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) surgery. He has a special interest in mitral and tricuspid valve repair surgery and received advanced training in mitral and tricuspid valve repair techniques from Professor Gilles Dreyfus at Harefield Hospital, U.K., and the Cardiothoracic Centre of Monaco, and Mr Prakash Punjabi at the Hammersmith Hospital in London, amongst others.
He has lectured and published extensively on Functional Mitral and Tricuspid Regurgitation, including delivering a Hunterian Lecture on the subject for the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and obtaining a PhD on this from Imperial College London, U.K.
