Empower yourself!Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient with valvular heart disiease, a survivor, or friend or relative of someone with valvular heart disease, this book offers help. 100 Questions & Answers About Valvular Heart Disease gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options and provides sources of support from both the doctor's and patient's viewpoints. Included are improved surgical procedures, noninvasive techniques for surveillance of left ventricular function, guidelines for the timing of surgery, and the role of drug therapy in the management of valvular heart disease. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this disease.