title: Surgical management of aortic and mitral valve disease: an overview.
abstract: This paper examines aortic and mitral valve disease. It considers how nurses can treat patients with these conditions and provide support and education to help them understand their disease and the risks and benefits of surgery. Nurses also have a role in secondary prevention and in helping patients adapt to living with a prosthetic valve.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac and Renal Services, Barts and the London NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matthews
mesh_terms: D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods