title: [Valvular heart disease: preoperative assessment and postoperative care].
abstract: Patients with valvular heart disease or with a prosthetic heart valve replacement are seen with increasing frequency in clinical practice. The medical care and evaluation of patients with valvular heart disease before valve surgery, but also the post-operative treatment is complex and managed by general practitioners, cardiologists and cardiac surgeons. In this mini-review we will first discuss the preoperative assessment of the two most common valvulopathies, aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation. Then we will discuss the post-operative care, which includes the management of anticoagulation, serial follow up and as well as the diagnostic assessment of complications such as thromboembolism, hemolysis, endocarditis and valve dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Kardiologie, Departement Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Basel.
authors.forename: Reto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nägele
authors.forename: Beat A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare / Q000379:methods; D000465:Algorithms; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Abklärung; Herzklappenvitien; Nachsorge; post-operative care; pre-operativ assessment; traitement postopératoire; valvular heart disease; valvulopathie; évaluation préopératoire