INVASIVE INTERVENTIONS IN STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASES: COMPREHENSIVE TECHNIQUES

Invasive treatment strategies for structural heart diseases represent one of the most dynamic and rapidly evolving domains in cardiovascular medicine. Recent advancements in procedural technologies, combined with an expanding body of clinical evidence, have significantly reshaped our approach to these complex conditions. This book is designed to provide both practicing cardiologists and fellows with a comprehensive and structured review of modern invasive techniques in the management of structural heart disease.
Each chapter incorporates up-to-date literature, technical detail, clinical decision-making strategies, and real-world experience. The book covers a wide range of procedures including transcatheter valve interventions (such as TAVI and MitraClip), left atrial appendage closure, septal defect repair, and paravalvular leak interventions. From anatomical assessment to procedural execution and long-term outcomes, each topic is addressed in a step-by-step format intended to bridge the gap between theory and practice. As such, this work aims to serve as an integrated guide across all phases of interventional decision-making.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Veysel Ozan Tanık
Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Department of Cardiology,
Ankara, Türkiye
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bülent Özlek
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of Medicine,
Department of Cardiology,
Muğla, Türkiye
Bölümler
SECTION 1
FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS OF INTERVENTION IN STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE
Section Editors/Kısım Editörleri: Özgür Ulaş Özcan, Bahar Tekin Tak
01 | EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVALENCE
Hande Seymen
02 | TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE INTERVENTIONS
Nedret Ülvan
03 | EVOLUTION OF INTERVENTIONAL IMAGING IN STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE (TOE, 3D ECO, ICE)
İbrahim Saraç
04 | IMAGING FOR STRUCTURAL HEART PROCEDURES: FOCUS ON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT)
Süleyman Barutçu
05 | INVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS (CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, HEMODYNAMICS)
Yunus Çalapkulu
06 | ACCESS STRATEGIES AND PITFALLS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
Kader Eliz Şahin
07 | TRANSSEPTAL PUNCTURE: INDICATIONS, ANATOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS, TECHNIQUES AND COMPLICATIONS
Serdal Baştuğ
SECTION 2
MITRAL VALVE INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES
Section Editors/Kısım Editörleri: Uğur Aksu, Oktay Şenöz
08 | PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON MITRAL VALVULOPLASTY
Ahmet Anıl Başkurt
09 | COMPLICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT IN PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY
Sidar Şiyar Aydın
10 | PERCUTANEOUS EDGE-TO-EDGE MITRAL VALVE REPAIR USING THE MITRACLIP AND PASCAL SYSTEM
Ozan Tezen
11 | PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL VALVE-IN-VALVE AND VALVE-IN-RING
Ahmet Karaduman
12 | MITRAL PARAVALVULAR LEAK CLOSURE
Salim Yaşar
13 | DISEASE-BASED MANAGEMENT OF MITRAL ANNULAR CALCIFICATION
Yücel Kanal
14 | MITRAL VALVE INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES: LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AND FOLLOW-UP
Mehmet Hakan Uzun
SECTION 3
AORTIC VALVE INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES
Section Editors/Kısım Editörleri: Veysel Özgür Barış, Emrah Erdoğan
15 | TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION: PREOPERATIVE WORKUP AND INDICATIONS FOR INTERVENTION
Veysel Ozan Tanık, Bülent Özlek, Yusuf Taşkın
16 | PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON AORTIC VALVULOPLASTY
Can Özkan
17 | BALLOON EXPANDABLE TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION
Muhammet Salih Ateş, Alp Yıldırım
18 | SELF-EXPANDABLE TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
Aykut Demirkıran
19 | TRANSFEMORAL AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION COMPLICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
Hafize Corut Güzel
20 | TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION ALTERNATE ACCESS SITES
Salim Yaşar
21 | AORTIC PARAVALVULAR LEAK CLOSURE
Mehmet Erdoğan
22 | AORTIC VALVE-IN-VALVE TAVI
Özgen Şafak
23 | TAVI-IN-TAVI: CURRENT STRATEGIES AND CONSIDERATIONS IN REDO-TAVR PROCEDURES
Yunus Emre Özbebek
24 | TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION IN PURE AORTIC INSUFFICIENCY
Serkan Bulguroğlu
25 | TAVI IN BICUSPID AORTIC VALVES
Levent Pay
26 | AORTIC VALVE INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES: LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AND FOLLOW-UP
Orhan Karayiğit
SECTION 4
TRICUSPID VALVE INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES
Section Editors/Kısım Editörleri: Halil Akın, Süleyman Çağan Efe
27 | TRICUSPID VALVE IN VALVE/VALVE IN RING THERAPY
Özkan Eravcı
28 | NOVEL PERCUTANEOUS TRICUSPID REPAIR TECHNIQUES
Mustafa Ferhat Keten
29 | TRICUSPID VALVE INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES: LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AND FOLLOW-UPS 359
Mehmet Karaca
SECTION 5
PULMONARY VALVE INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES
Section Editor/Kısım Editörü: Serkan Asil
30 | PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON PULMONARY VALVULOPLASTY
Pelin Aladağ
31 | TRANSCATHETER PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT
Serdar Fırtına
32 | PULMONARY BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY FOR CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
İlke Erbay
33 | LONG TERM OUTCOMES AND FOLLOW-UP OF PULMONARY VALVE INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES
Ufuk Yıldız
SECTION 6
ATRIAL SEPTAL INTERVENTIONS
Section Editors/Kısım Editörleri: Ender Emre, Mustafa Yenerçağ
34 | CLOSURE OF PATENT FORAMEN OVALE
Faruk Kara
35 | CLOSURE OF ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT
Gülay Uzun
36 | COMPLICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF ATRIAL SEPTAL PROCEDURES
Murat Özmen
37 | LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AND FOLLOW-UP AFTER CLOSURE ASD AND PFO
Mustafa Yaşan
SECTION 7
VENTRICULAR SEPTAL INTERVENTIONS
Section Editor/Kısım Editörü: Ahmet Güner
38 | TRANSCATHETER CLOSURE TECHNIQUES FOR VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS: POST-INFARCTION, IATROGENIC, AND CONGENITAL TYPES
Ahmet Yaşar Çizgici
39 | VENTRICULAR SEPTAL INTERVENTIONS: ALCOHOL SEPTAL ABLATION FOR OBSTRUCTIVE HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
Cemalettin Akman
40 | LONG-TERM OUTCOMRS AND FOLLOW-UP AFTER INTERVENTRICULER INTERVENTIONS
Enes Arslan
SECTION 8
LEFT ATRIAL INTERVENTIONS
Section Editors/Kısım Editörleri: Eftal Murat Bakırcı, Kürşat Akbuğa
41 | LEFT ATRIAL APPANDAGE CLOSURE
Çağatay Tunca
42 | LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE: LONG-TERM OUTCOMES AND FOLLOW-UP
Murat Akdoğan
SECTION 9
OTHER RARE INTERVENTIONS
Section Editors/Kısım Editörleri: Onur Kadir Uysal, Mert Evlice
43 | INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENTS OF AORTIC COARCTATION
Gülüzar Traş, Abdullah Yıldırım
44 | PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS (PDA) CLOSURE
Emre Paçacı
45 | CLOSURE OF ABNORMAL CORONARY COMMUNICATIONS: CORONARY FISTULAE (CONGENITAL AND IATROGENIC)
Emre Sezici
46 | TRICVALVE-TRANSCATHETER BICAVAL VALVE SYSTEM
Duygu İnan