Diagnosing and Managing Common Adult Valvular Heart Diseases – MM1705
Transthoracic echocardiography is the imaging modality of choice for diagnosis and follow up of patients with valvular hear t diseases. Exercise testing has a role in evaluating apparently asymptomatic patients with valvular heart disease to identify whether they are truly asymptomatic. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation has emerged as an alternative treatment to valve replacement by open heart surgery for the management of aortic stenosis in patients with a prohibitive surgical risk. Anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in those with concomitant valve disease (including valve replacement) is currently limited to warfarin.
Modern Medicine – May 2017
