RT Book, Section
A1 Marhefka, Gregary D.
A1 Weitz, Howard H.
A2 Cohn, Steven L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1179530896
T1 Valvular Heart Disease
T2 Decision Making in Perioperative Medicine: Clinical Pearls
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260468106
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1179530896
RD 2024/04/16
AB Up  to  2.9%  of  adults  without  known  valvular  heart  disease  have  moderate  to  severe  valve  pathology  on  screening  studies,  and  some  of  these  patients  will  be  faced  with  undergoing  noncardiac  surgery.1  Older  patients  are  more  likely  to  undergo  noncardiac  surgery  and  are  also  more  likely  to  have  significant  valvular  heart  disease.  In  a  cohort  study  of  patients  over  65  years  old  undergoing  screening  echocardiography,  newly  detected  moderate  or  severe  valve  disease  was  uncovered  in  6.4%.2  Advanced  age  and  significant  coronary  artery  disease  are  associated  with  calcific  and  degenerative  aortic  stenosis.  Apart  from  being  older,  other  risk  factors  for  significant  valvular  heart  disease  are  listed  in  Table  12-1.