Cardiovascular Essentials for Advanced Practice Providers-Structural Heart Disease

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Video Summary

In this video, the speaker discusses valvular heart disease and provides an overview of the most recent guidelines and key concepts related to the disease. The speaker explains the anatomy of the heart valves and emphasizes that the pulmonary and aortic valves are simpler in structure compared to the mitral and tricuspid valves, which have additional components like chordae tendineae and papillary muscles. The video also covers topics such as antibiotic prophylaxis for high-risk patients, anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in patients with valvular heart disease, indications for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), different types of mitral regurgitation, prosthetic valve choices, and antithrombotic therapy for prosthetic valves. The speaker emphasizes shared decision-making between patients and physicians when choosing a valve and highlights the importance of timing in the treatment of mitral regurgitation. The video concludes by mentioning bridging therapy for patients with prosthetic valves undergoing minor procedures. This information is intended to provide an overview and further details can be found in the referenced guidelines. No credits were given.

Keywords

valvular heart disease

guidelines

anatomy of heart valves

transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)

mitral regurgitation