Dejan Markovi, Radmilo Janković, Natasa Kovadević-Kostić, Milos Velinović, Mile Vranes, Branislava Ivanović
In patients with valvular heart disease planned for any type of surgery preoperative evaluation and preparation are especially important for a successfull outcome of the surgery. Preoperative preparation and intraoperative treatment of patients with valvular heart disease are different de-Spending on the type of valvular disease: aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation or mitral valve prolapse. In this paper we have outlined the criteria for evaluating the severity of valvular disease, given that the risk in surgery is proportional to the degree of valvular disease...
2011: Acta Chirurgica Iugoslavica