Aortic regurgitation

Would you do this case? 90yo patient for a hip ORIF. Dementia, CKD3, DM, COPD, prior mitral valve repair, echo from a year ago showing moderate-severe AR and moderate TR, there is a dilated RV and LV, LVEF35%, pHTN with PA pressures up to 50. I don’t have a prior echo to compare or understand progression, but I assume long-standing AR that got worse after mitral valve repair. Patient has new heart failure and hypoxia. There was a small trop bump up to 0.15 with ST depressions in the... Read more

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Source: Student Doctor Network - October 3, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: dipriMAN Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums