Practitioners will find this book to be an invaluable resource, especially those who are looking to find: COMPREHENSIVE CONTENT - presents readers with the entire scope of cardiac valve surgery, from its rich history and evolution to its future, giving physicians all the critical information they need to best treat their patients MULTIDISICPLINARY VIEWPOINTS - authored by a world-renowned cardiac surgeon, this guide emphasizes a team approach, which includes interventionalists, cardiac anesthesiologists, clinical cardiologists, and cardiac surgeons, giving the reader expert information from all key cardiac subspecialties KEY ILLUSTRATIONS - this full color guide provides the visual tools practicing clinicians need to better understand and best implement the latest devices and technologies CLINICAL DATA - includes results from experimental studies, as well as therapeutic results from Corevalve and Edwards Lifesciences valve therapies, presenting clinicians with concrete, evidence-based information they can utilize and trust