PubMed · 6910151
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M Francoual. 1980-10-20. [Polyvalvulopathies].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6910151/
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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.
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The surgical treatment of mitral regurgitation has been completely revamped in the last years. The development of reproducible and durable plasty techniques has made mitral valve replacement less and less frequent. The virtual disappearance of rheumatic valve disease in developed countries has made degenerative disease the most frequent etiology of mitral insufficiency. Furthermore the outlook of this pathology has been modified by the early surgical treatment. The following article presents the surgical techniques available today and their indications in the different types of mitral insufficiency.