Surveillance of the valvular protheses - Mechanical / Biological prothesis

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SURVEILLANCE OF THE VALVULAR PROSTHESES

- Mechanical / Biological prothesis
- The prevention of the infective endocarditis
- After surgery
- Complications

Implanting a valvular prosthesis, i.e. the mechanical or biologic type, exposes to some complications that should be well known.

MECHANICAL PROSTHESIS/BIOLOGICAL PROSTHESIS

	Bioprosthesis	Mechanical prosthesis
Duration of activity	Short, included between 7 and 15 years, implying indications of a perilous new intervention in the old subject	long
Anticoagulant treatment and its surveillance	no	yes
Indications	more than 75 years old subject with a sinus rhythm and/or an inability to follow the anticoagulant treatment	all others cases

File last reviewed on dec 18, 2011

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