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This review explores the physical and psychosocial issues, complex symptoms, and treatments for elderly patients with valvular heart disease to support holistic care and recovery.
Highlights the importance of addressing physical and psychosocial issues, including frailty and comorbidities, to provide holistic care for elderly patients with valvular heart disease.
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Supports holistic assessment of frailty and comorbidities in elderly valvular disease; leaves open prospective trials to guide interventions.
The number of elderly patients with valvular heart disease is steadily rising. Modern medicine with advancing surgical research and intervention mean that there are multiple options for treating elderly ‘high-risk’ patients. Many of these patients are frail, have complex comorbidities and added difficulties such as visual or hearing loss. Identifying the many physical and psychosocial issues that hinder interventional treatment and recovery of elderly patients with valve disease will help ensure they receive holistic unbiased treatment and maintain a good quality of life. This article will explore the complex symptoms and diagnosis of valve disease in the elderly, treatments available to ‘high-risk’ patients and the difficulties that arise in care, treatment planning and recovery. Some key nursing roles are identified.
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Parker et al. (2011) conducted a review in Valvular heart disease. Treatment and care was evaluated. This review explores the physical and psychosocial issues, complex symptoms, and treatments for elderly patients with valvular heart disease to support holistic care and recovery.
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