Impact of Subclinical Congestion on Outcome of Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Surgery

Impact of Subclinical Congestion on Outcome of Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Surgery

Since risk assessment prior to cardiac surgery is based on proven but partly unsatisfactory scores, the need for novel tools in preoperative risk assessment taking into account cardiac decompensation is obvious. Even subclinical chronic heart failure is accompanied by an increase in plasma volume. T...

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Main Authors: Anne-Kristin Schaefer, Thomas Poschner, Martin Andreas, Alfred Kocher, Günther Laufer, Dominik Wiedemann, Markus Mach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Biomedicines
Subjects:
plasma volume
subclinical congestion
heart failure
cardiac decompensation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/8/9/363

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