Evaluation of general anesthesia for rheumatic heart disease

Karpawich, Anthony J.

doi:10.1016/0030-4220(50)90289-1

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“…Traditionally TR is a poor prognostic indicator in the MV valve repair recovery period. Studies have also shown that uncorrected TR can actually worsen in the period post MV repair [9][10][11]. In our patient, her TR was already advanced and was already complicated by CHF.…”

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confidence: 56%

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Double Valve Replacement in a Patient with Severe Rheumatic Heart Disease and Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

Abraham¹,

Atkinson²,

Markan³

et al. 2018

Anesth Pain Res

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Advanced rheumatic heart disease (RHD) with end stage sequelae is rarely seen in the United States. We report a complex case of a patient with advanced RHD complicated by Tricuspid stenosis, tricuspid regurgitation, mitral stenosis, and pulmonary hypertension in the setting of acute heart failure who undergoes urgent double valve replacement surgery. There are many notable complex interactions of the pathologies in patients with RHD who need to go on cardiac bypass.

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“…Multiple management decisions had to be made perioperatively. As early as the 1950s, clinicians have noted the myriad of issues that can complicate general anesthesia for an RHD patient [4]. MR is also the most common overriding pathology, as opposed to MS as seen in our patient [5].…”

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confidence: 99%