Main description:

Principles of Heart Valve Engineering is the first comprehensive resource for heart valve engineering that covers a wide range of topics, including biology, epidemiology, imaging and cardiovascular medicine. It focuses on valves, therapies, and how to develop safer and more durable artificial valves. The book is suitable for an interdisciplinary audience, with contributions from bioengineers and cardiologists that includes coverage of valvular and potential future developments. This book provides an opportunity for bioengineers to study all topics relating to heart valve engineering in a single book as written by subject matter experts.

Contents:

1. Clinical Anatomy of Heart Valves 2. Heart Valves' Mechanobiology 3. Epidemiology of Heart Valve Disease 4. Surgical Heart Valves 5. Transcatheter Heart Valves 6. Tissue Engineered Heart Valves 7. Imaging Heart Valves 8. Computational Modeling 9. In Vitro Experimental Methods 10. Transvalvular Flow 11. Heart Valves' Leaflet Preparation 12. Heart Valve Calcification 13. Immunological Considerations 14. Polymeric Heart Valves 15. Regulatory Considerations