title: [Multiple heart valve diseases: differential therapeutic considerations].
abstract: After more than 40 years of heart valve surgery, the indication for double valve procedures still represents a problem in the presence of an obviously leading single valve disease. If the isolated valves do not already represent a clear indication for surgery then this situation is the best example for a good deal of thought in cardiac surgery and discussion with competent cardiologists.
authors.affiliation: Departement Herz-Thoraxchirurgie Universitätskliniken Kantonsspital Spitalstr. 21 4031 Basel, Switzerland. mpreiss@uhbs.ch
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Zerkowski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Preiss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors