Meet the editor

Dr. Michael S. Firstenberg is a thoracic surgeon at the St. Elizabeth Medical Center (Ascension) in Appleton, Wisconsin. He attended Case Western Reserve University Medical School, Cleveland, OH, USA, received his general surgery training at University Hospitals in Cleveland, and completed thoracic surgery fellowships at The Ohio State University and The Cleveland Clinic. He is an active member of the Society of

Thoracic Surgeons (STS), American Association of Thoracic Surgeons (AATS), the American College of Cardiology (ACC), and the American College of Academic International Medicine (ACAIM), for which he served as president in 2021–2022. He has authored more than 250 peer-reviewed manuscripts, abstracts, and book chapters and has edited several textbooks and lectured worldwide on topics ranging from medical leadership, COVID-19, endocarditis, and extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

Dr. Umashankar Lakshmanadoss completed his training at the University of Rochester, NY, USA. He served as the director of inpatient medical consult service at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, and then joined the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, PA, USA. Then he pursued training in cardiac electrophysiology at William Beaumont School of Medicine and continued

advanced cardiac electrophysiology training at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. He served as an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA, where he also serves as the director of the complex arrhythmia ablation program. His research interest is in the field of cardiac electrophysiology. Currently, he is the director of cardiac electrophysiology at Mercy Health, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

Contents

Introductory Chapter: Endocarditis

*by Eric J. Stöhr and T. Jake Samuel*

*Tropheryma whipplei* Endocarditis

*by Lara García-Álvarez and José Antonio Oteo*

Fetal Echocardiogram Normal and Abnormal *by Madhavi Latha Routhu and Gudikandula Krishna*

Endocarditis and Cardiac Device Infections *by Amparo Benedicto and Lourdes Domínguez*

*by Vira I. Ayzenbart and Mark Joseph*

*by Sameh M. Said*

An Animal Model for Human Mitral Valve Prolapse *by Sang-Il Suh, Ta-Li Lu, Ran Choi and Changbaig Hyun*

*by Michael S. Firstenberg*

*by Theodoros Ntoskas*

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 31**

**Chapter 4 61**

**Chapter 5 71**

**Chapter 6 89**

**Chapter 7 119**

**Chapter 8 143**

**Chapter 9 159**

Contemporary and Evolving Treatment of Tricuspid Endocarditis

Surgery for Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in the Current Era

Echocardiographic Assessment of Myocardial Deformation during Exercise

Echocardiographic Features in Canine Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease:

Cardio-Oncology: The Role of Echocardiography in Cancer Patients
