This state-of-the-art handbook is dedicated to cardiac valve anatomy, models for testing and research methods, clinical trials; and clinical needs and applications. In this new edition, chapters are updated with the latest research in addition to new chapters on complex repair of CHD requiring conduits, new trends for valve replacement like the Ozaki procedure, as well as complex procedures in TAV, SAV, HARPOON, and BASILICA, with case studies for each type of procedure. This volume serves as a helpful reference for patients, educators, students, device designers and developers, clinical study specialists, clinicians, and other associated healthcare providers.

Paul A. Iaizzo is a Professor in the Visible Heartâ Laboratories, Department of Surgery, at the University of Minnesota. Tinen Iles is an Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, at the University of Minnesota. Massimo Griselli is a Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon at the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, London, England. James St. Louis is chief of the Section of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.