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Aortic regurgitation
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If severe, symptomatic disease, ensure any incidental surgery is booked to be done in-hours by a consultant anaesthetist and consultant surgeon.

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If the patient awaiting valve repair develops relapsing sepsis (eg cholelithiasis/biliary sepsis), it may be better to accept the higher risk to fix the cause of the recurring sepsis (cholecystectomy) prior to the valve repair, than risk sepsis and endocarditis after valve repair. #MA

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Consider intra-arterial blood pressure monitoring to assist in the maintainence of an adequate diastolic and hence coronary perfusion pressure

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Diastolic pressure may fall below that which is required to maintain coronary perfusion pressure during diastole. Consider monitoring for intraoperative myocardial ischemia with 5 electrode ECG/EKG

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Maintain a high normal heart rate to minimise time for regurgitant flow

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