Francesco Fulvio Faletra
2013
This book on echocardiography concerns the mitral valve in its normal and diseased guises. It is not intended only for echocardiography specialists alone, but it is supposed to be a reference work for clinical cardiologists too. Space will therefore be set aside for the etiology and pathophysiology of mitral valve disease. I have sought to make the book fluid and discursive, as well as rigorous and accurate (i.e. full of bibliographical references), as is expected of a book that claims to be entirely scientific and educational. I do not know if I have achieved my aims.