RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Management of multiple valve disease
JF Heart
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP 272
OP 277
DO 10.1136/hrt.2010.212282
VO 97
IS 4
A1 Philippe Unger
A1 Raphael Rosenhek
A1 Chantal Dedobbeleer
A1 Alain Berrebi
A1 Patrizio Lancellotti
YR 2011
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/97/4/272.abstract
AB Multivalvular heart disease is not an uncommon situation, but the paucity of data for each specific situation does not allow the proposal of a standardised, evidence-based management strategy. This paper aims at reviewing the available evidence on the management of multivalvular disease, taking into account the interactions between different valve lesions, the diagnostic pitfalls and the strategies that should be considered in the presence of multiple valvular disease.