Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Revision as of 15:58, 7 April 2011 by Varun Kumar (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

WikiDoc Resources for Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Articles

Most recent articles on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Most cited articles on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Review articles on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Articles on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy in N Eng J Med, Lancet, BMJ

Media

Powerpoint slides on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Images of Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Photos of Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Podcasts & MP3s on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Videos on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Evidence Based Medicine

Cochrane Collaboration on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Bandolier on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

TRIP on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Clinical Trials

Ongoing Trials on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy at Clinical Trials.gov

Trial results on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Clinical Trials on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy at Google

Guidelines / Policies / Govt

US National Guidelines Clearinghouse on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

NICE Guidance on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

NHS PRODIGY Guidance

FDA on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

CDC on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Books

Books on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

News

Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy in the news

Be alerted to news on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

News trends on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Commentary

Blogs on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Definitions

Definitions of Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Patient Resources / Community

Patient resources on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Discussion groups on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Patient Handouts on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Directions to Hospitals Treating Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Risk calculators and risk factors for Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Healthcare Provider Resources

Symptoms of Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Causes & Risk Factors for Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Diagnostic studies for Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Treatment of Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

CME Programs on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

International

Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy en Espanol

Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy en Francais

Business

Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy in the Marketplace

Patents on Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Experimental / Informatics

List of terms related to Acute aortic regurgitation medical therapy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Associate Editor-In-Chief: Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S.; Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.B.B.S.

Please Join in Editing This Page and Apply to be an Editor-In-Chief for this topic: There can be one or more than one Editor-In-Chief. You may also apply to be an Associate Editor-In-Chief of one of the subtopics below. Please mail us [2] to indicate your interest in serving either as an Editor-In-Chief of the entire topic or as an Associate Editor-In-Chief for a subtopic. Please be sure to attach your CV and or biographical sketch.


Patients with acute severe aortic insufficiency are usually managed with emergency aortic valve replacement/repair. However they can be stabilized medically before surgery with vasodilators such as nitroprusside which lowers after load and thereby reducing back flow and left ventricular end diastolic pressure. Inotropic agents such as dopamine and dobutamine can also be used to increase the contractility of heart resulting in improved forward flow[1].

Beta blockers which are often used in managing aortic dissection should be used very cautiously in presence of acute aortic insufficiency as beta blockers can block the compensatory tachycardia and worsen the cardiac output.

Patients who are hemodynamically stable with mild aortic insufficiency secondary to infective endocarditis can be managed with antibiotics alone.

Reference

  1. Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Chatterjee K, de Leon AC, Faxon DP, Freed MD, Gaasch WH, Lytle BW, Nishimura RA, O'Gara PT, O'Rourke RA, Otto CM, Shah PM, Shanewise JS (2008). "2008 Focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease): endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons". Circulation. 118 (15): e523–661. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.190748. PMID 18820172. Retrieved 2011-04-07. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

Template:WH Template:WS