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Caring for Clients with Valvular Disorders of the Heart
Submit responses here. Cite reference page(s) from the Timby
textbook:
1. A client is scheduled for some further testing to determine
if he has aortic stenosis or regurgitation.
a. Discuss the signs and symptoms you would expect to see in
each of these.
b. Explain the mechanism of action or what happens as a result
from the damage caused to the mitral valve from such things as diet
pills and certain viral infections.
2. Mitral valve prolapse is more common in young women than men.
Often, it leads to mitral valve regurgitation.
a. Although this may be an autonomic nervous system dysfunction
disorder, discuss the process of damage this disorder does to the
heart.
b. What does auscultation of the heart reveal?
3. A client was diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse and has
questions about medications used in treatment.
a. What medication is used for treating mitral valve prolapse?
What are they for and why?
b. Can antianxiety medication be useful?If so, why?