Practical Manual of Tricuspid Valve Diseases (PDF)

.About the Author:

Dr Osama I. Soliman, MD, PhD, FACC, FESC works as assistant professor of cardiology at the Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He is the director of structural heart imaging at Cardialysis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dr Soliman is a consultant cardiologist specialised in non-invasive cardiovascular imaging and he is a principal investigator of several clinical trials.

Dr Soliman has been graduated in 1996 Summa Cum Laude from the Medical School of Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. He completed eight years of training in internal medicine and cardiology at Al-Azhar University Hospitals in Cairo, Egypt. In 2000, he was awarded the degree of Master of Science Cum Laude based on a dissertation entitled "Intravascular ultrasound versus quantitative coronary angiography for the assessment of immediate results of coronary artery stenting". In 2005, he joined the Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC:University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands where he was granted the doctoral degree from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands in 2007 based on dissertation entitled "Advanced quantitative echocardiography guiding therapy for heart failure".

His major areas of teaching and research include echocardiography and non-invasive imaging and heart failure. He is leading a research team in structural heart interventions and outcome studies. His bibliography to date includes more than 200 articles and book chapters.

Dr. Soliman is an active member of several professional societies and organizations including the American College of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology, the American Society of Echocardiography, the International Society of Contrast Ultrasound. He is a member of the Editorial Board of several prestigious cardiology journals including the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography and Eurointervention.

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“This is an overview of tricuspid valve disorders and their current therapeutic options. The intent is to assist physicians in the recognition of different manifestations of tricuspid valve disease throughout a wide patient population. The book also helps in determining the best management strategy for these patients. … This is an excellent book for medical providers who are interested in the diagnosis and management of tricuspid valve diseases.” (Samy Abdelghani, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2018)