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Interventions

Mitral valve prosthesis

Find Mitral valve prosthesis in Experimental. Replacement relieves native mitral inflow obstruction or regurgitation. Wedge burden falls; eliminating MR increases effective LV afterload.

Overview

Open Interventions → Experimental. Choose Off, Treated. Effect levels and flow targets represent illustrative modeled responses; they are not clinical dose instructions.

Replacement relieves native mitral inflow obstruction or regurgitation. Wedge burden falls; eliminating MR increases effective LV afterload.

The paused reference covers the route (Surgical mitral valve replacement; a functioning tissue prosthesis is assumed.), example doses/settings, indications, adverse effects, contraindications/precautions and monitoring. These details are available after the intervention is selected.

What to monitor in the reference: Residual gradient/leak, LA/wedge pressure, LVEDP, forward output and ventricular function. Coexisting cardiomyopathy remains.

Step by step

  1. Inspect the untreated disease and active treatment count.
  2. Apply the intervention and compare pressures, forward flow, rhythm and congestion.
  3. Pause for its full reference; use Off or Interventions Reset to restart the comparison.

References & further reading

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