Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2019

Anesthetic management of a patient with prosthetic heart valve for non-cardiac surgery: A case report

Dr Ashok Sehgal, Dr Maj Shibu Sasidharan

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Background: Patients with prosthetic heart valves are a challenge to any anesthesiologist due to the risk of infective endocarditis, bleeding and thrombosis. Case presentation: We present anesthetic management of a 68–year–old Indian lady with a prosthetic (Bioprosthetic) heart valve who underwent Open reduction internal fixation with PFN. Conclusion: Patients with prosthetic heart valves, are prone for thrombosis and resultant complications if anticoagulation is not maintained properly.However, when they are scheduled for major surgery, they can be best managed by normalizing the coagulation profile immediately prior to surgery and restarting the anticoagulation as early as possible.

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ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT WITH PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE FOR NON-CARDIAC SURGERY: A CASE REPORT, Dr Ashok Sehgal, Dr (Maj) Shibu Sasidharan INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2019

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