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The Patient with Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis

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The occurrence of aortic valve stenosis in the general population has grown in recent decades and is linked to the population aging. The number of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery carrying aortic valve stenosis is increasing, and this condition is involved in the patient’s morbidity and mortality. The objectives of this chapter are to show the crucial importance of the knowledge of this condition before noncardiac surgery, to make the diagnosis, and to manage these peculiar patients. We also describe the recently published studies concerning aortic valve stenosis and perioperative management in noncardiac surgery. This compilation was intended to facilitate the physicians’ decision before, during, and after the surgical period.

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  1. Service d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Cardiovasculaire et Pneumologique Louis Pradel, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 59 boulevard Pinel, 69394, Lyon Cedex, France

    Priscilla de Medeiros Teixeira, Rémi Schweizer & Jean-Luc Fellahi

  2. Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, Lyon, France

    Rémi Schweizer & Jean-Luc Fellahi

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de Medeiros Teixeira, P., Schweizer, R., Fellahi, JL. (2018). The Patient with Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis. In: Fellahi, JL., Leone, M. (eds) Anesthesia in High-Risk Patients. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60804-4_4

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