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Anaesthetic considerations in patients with mitral valve prolapse
Author(s) -
THIAGARAJAH S.,
FROST ELIZABETH A. M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1983.tb14068.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mitral valve prolapse , mitral regurgitation , mitral valve , infective endocarditis , surgery , cardiology , anesthesia
Summary Mitral valve prolapse (MVP), reported as occurring in up to 17% of healthy individuals, is considered to be the commonest cardiac valvular abnormality. Although the anaesthetic course may be uneventful, complications may arise for the first time in the peri‐operative period and include life threatening dysrhythmias, mitral regurgitation and infective endocarditis. Anaesthetic management of three of the seven patients with MVP treated at our institution over a 12‐month period is discussed and the lilerature reviewed.