Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. The Tricuspid Valve: From the “Forgotten” Valve to the “Fulcrum” of the Right Heart Historical Perspective
(Giacomo Bianchi, MD, PhD, Adult Cardiac Surgery Department, Ospedale del Cuore, Fondazione “G. Monasterio”, Massa, Italy)

Chapter 2. The Functional Anatomy and Pathology of the Tricuspid Valve: Morphogenesis, Normal and Pathological Anatomy
(Giacomo Bianchi, MD, PhD, and Angela Pucci, MD, PhD, Adult Cardiac Surgery Department, Ospedale del Cuore, Fondazione “G. Monasterio”, Massa, Italy, and others)

Chapter 3. The Diseased Tricuspid Valve: Epidemiology and Clinical Approach to the Tricuspid Valve Disease
(Chiara Borrelli, MD, Alessandra Burini, MD, Enrica Manzato, MD, Cristina Zucchinetti, MD, and Claudio Passino, MD, PhD, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy, and others)

Chapter 4. Non-Invasive Imaging of the Tricuspid Valve – Ultrasounds: Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography
(Giulia Elena Mandoli, MD, Alberto Giannoni, MD, PhD, Chiara Borrelli, MD, Matteo Cameli, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, and others)

Chapter 5. Advanced Imaging and Functional Tools for Tricuspid Valve Assessment: Cardiac MRI, Ct-Scan and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test
(Giovanni Donato Aquaro, MD, PhD, Alberto Clemente, MD, Daniele Caratozzolo, MD, and
Claudio Passino, MD, PhD, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit, Fondazione “G. Monasterio”, Pisa, Italy, and others)

Chapter 6. Functional Disease: Tricuspid Valve in Left-Sided Heart Disease
(Giovanni Benfari, MD, Andrea Rossi, MD, and Francesco Grigioni, MD, PhD, Section of Cardiolgy, Department of medicine, University of Verona, Italy, and others)

Chapter 7. Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis: Epidemiology, Treatment and Outcomes
(Enrico Tagliaferri, MD, Department of Infectious Disease, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy)

Chapter 8. Tricuspid Valve Disease in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease in Natural or Modified History
(Elisa Barberi, MD, and Vitali Pak, MD, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Ospedale del Cuore, Fondazione Toscana “G. Monasterio”, Massa, Italy, and others)

Chapter 9. Neoplastic Disorders Involving the Right Heart and the Tricuspid Valve
(Angela Pucci MD, PhD, Histopathology Department, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy)

Chapter 10. Pharmacological Treatment of Tricuspid Regurgitation
(Alberto Aimo MD, Luigi Francesco Saccaro, MD, Valentina Galfo, MD, Lucio Teresi, MD, and
Michele Emdin, MD, PhD, Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy)

Chapter 11. Tricuspid Valve in the Failing Heart: The Role of Tricuspid Valve during Mechanical Circulatory Support and in Heart Transplantation
(Ciro Mastroianni, MD, PhD, Antonio Nenna, MD, Mariafrancesca Fiorentino, MD, Sofia Martin-Suarez, MD, Massimo Chello, MD, and Antonio Loforte, MD, PhD, Cardiovascular Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy, and others)

Chapter 12. Surgical Treatment of Functional Tricuspid Valve Disease: Surgeon’s Perspective – Indications, Risk Stratification and Outcomes
(Giacomo Bianchi, MD, PhD, Rafik Margaryan, MD, PhD, and Marco Solinas, MD, Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale del Cuore, Fondazione Toscana “G. Monasterio”, Massa, Italy)

Chapter 13. Novel Transcatheter Therapies for Treating Tricuspid Regurgitation
(Mizuki Miura, MD, Francesco Maisano, MD, PhD, Oscar Cuevas, MD, Mara Gavazzoni, MD, Alberto Pozzoli, MD, and Maurizio Taramasso, MD, PhD, Heart Valve Clinic, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)

Index