Heart Valves From Design to Clinical Implantation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Iaizzo, Paul A. (Editor), Bianco, Richard W. (Editor), Hill, Alexander J. (Editor), St. Louis, James D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Cardiac Surgery.

Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. While the past 40 years have brought major progress in cardiac valve repair and replacement, there remain large patient populations that do not receive such therapies. This, in turn, implies a great need for future basic...