Mitral valve replacement patients face a 15–20% higher risk of infective endocarditis compared to the general population.
Oral bacteria like streptococcus viridans can enter the bloodstream.
Accord-ing to the american heart association, approximately 5 million people are diagnosed with valvular heart disease in the united states each year.
Many of these will present to the.
Three operations exist to fix the mitral valve:
Mv repair/plasty (mvr), mv replacement (mvr) with preservation of the subvalvular apparatus, and mvr with removal of the subvalvular.
In this study, we review the dental management strategy for patients who require valve surgery, including time required for dental prepara-tion;
The severity of the patients underlying cardiac.