Anaesthetic considerations in patients with mitral valve prolapse.
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 literature reviewed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications*