Abstract

CARMONA-RUIZ, Héctor Arnulfo et al. Echocardiographic evaluation of patients after aortic valve replacement: Do we follow the guidelines?. Rev. Mex. Cardiol [online]. 2014, vol.25, n.3, pp.158-162. ISSN 0188-2198.

Objective: To determine the methodology for the echocardiographic evaluation of patients with aortic valve replacement at the Instituto Nacional de Cardiología. Method: We included all consecutive patients, 18 years old or more with aortic valve replacement secondary to aortic stenosis at the Instituto Nacional de Cardiología "Ignacio Chávez", between January 2011 and June 2012. We described the date of the surgery, type of prosthetic valve and the number and date of the echocardiograms after the valve replacement. Results: Between January 2011 and June 2012, 100 patients underwent aortic valve replacement. In 81% the first echocardiogram was made during hospitalization. The first evaluation was made within the first 24-48 hours in 42 patients (51.8%), between the 3rd and 7th day in 27 patients (33.3%), between the 8th and the 14th day in 7 patients (8.6%) and after 14 days in 5 patients (6.1%). No echocardiogram was made in 19 patients. Conclusions: At the Instituto Nacional de Cardiología "Ignacio Chávez" we made an echocardiographic evaluation and follow up different from the international recommendations for patients with valve replacement.

Keywords : Prosthetic valve dysfunction; aortic valve replacement; prosthetic valve; echocardiogram; Mexico.

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