Present Status of Prosthetic Cardiac Valves
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 143 (10) , 1965-1967
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1983.00350100149026
Abstract
• Cardiac prosthetic valves have not yet reached the point of reliability and durability to be used for other than remedial purposes. In mitral valve disease, the prime targets are patients in whom medical treatment could not successfully reverse progressive clinical disability, or in whom less drastic mitral valve operations have failed. In aortic stenosis, the prime targets are patients with substantial cardiac symptoms. In aortic regurgitation, earliest indications of disability provide the timing for valve replacement. In this lesion, prophylactic operations in the absence of symptoms are often proposed. Such operations should be given the most cautious considerations. (Arch Intern Med1983;143:1965-1967)Keywords
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