Heart valve replacement surgery may be associated with risks of bleeding, inflammation and infection, and arrhythmia during and after surgery due to surgical trauma and postoperative care.
1. As an important organ for blood supply and pumping of the whole body, the heart will inevitably suffer from more or less cardiovascular bleeding during valve replacement surgery due to mechanical trauma of the surgery; in addition, due to the use of a certain amount of anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs during and after the surgery, coagulation abnormality or even intracranial hemorrhage may occur.
2. Since interventional catheters, extracorporeal circulation mechanical tubes and other instruments are used during heart valve replacement surgery, even though it is carried out in a strictly aseptic operating environment, it is inevitable that wounds or cardiovascular inflammatory infections will occur due to improper postoperative care.
3. For moderate to severe cases that require surgical heart valve replacement, most of them will take diuretics and other drugs that affect electrolytes and cardiac function before and after surgery, thus changing or affecting the physiological environment of the heart and resulting in the emergence of mild or severe arrhythmias.
It is recommended to identify the possible risks before undergoing heart valve replacement, and try to choose a hospital and healthcare team that is experienced in surgical care, in order to avoid the possible risks of complications and sequelae before, during, and after the surgery as much as possible.