Talk Index

1. Introduction

2. Heart Failure
        Epidemiology
        Etiology
        Physiopathology
        Clinical Evaluation

3. Role of Echocardiography
        Pitfalls
        Left Atrium
        2D Variables
        Estimation of Filling Pressures
        Summary of Parameters

4. Early Thrombosis, Mechanical Mitral Valve Prosthesis

5. Thrombosis, Biological Mitral Valve Prosthesis

6. Detachment, Biological Mitral Valve Prosthesis 

7. Early Detachment, Mechanical Mitral Valve Prosthesis

8. Endocarditis and Detachment, Mechanical Aortic Valve Prosthesis

9. Detachment, Biological Aortic Valve Prosthesis

10. Patient/Prosthesis Mismatch, Biological Aortic Valve Prosthesis

11. Obstruction (Pannus), Mechanical Aortic Valve Prosthesis

12. Tachicardia in Atrial Fibrillation, Biological Mitral Valve Prosthesis 

13. Degeneration, Biological Aortic Valve Prosthesis

14. Conclusions