Chapter 15. Valvular Heart Disease

  1. Stephen Jackson Professor of Geriatric Medicine2,
  2. Paul Jansen3,
  3. Arduino Mangoni4
  1. Andrew T. Elder

Published Online: 2 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9780470017975.ch15

Book Title

Prescribing for Elderly Patients

Prescribing for Elderly Patients

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How to Cite

Elder, A. T. (2009) Valvular Heart Disease, in Prescribing for Elderly Patients (eds S. Jackson, P. Jansen and A. Mangoni), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470017975.ch15

Editor Information

  1. 2

    Department of Clinical Gerontology, King's College Hospital, London, UK

  2. 3

    Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  3. 4

    Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia

Author Information

  1. Medicine of Geriatrics, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 2 APR 2009
  2. Published Print: 27 MAY 2009

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470024287

Online ISBN: 9780470017975

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Keywords:

  • valvular heart disease;
  • infective endocarditis - affecting previously normal or abnormal native or prosthetic valves;
  • prevention of endocarditis;
  • modified Duke criteria - standard criteria for diagnosis;
  • recommended antimicrobial regimes in infective endocarditis;
  • embolic complications in endocarditis;
  • prevention of thromboembolism;
  • prevention of progression of degenerative valvular disease

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Infective endocarditis

  • Prevention of endocarditis

  • Diagnosis and treatment of endocarditis

  • Prevention of thromboembolism

  • Prevention of progression of degenerative valvular disease

  • References

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