‘Valvular heart diseases and anaesthetic implications’.

Pre-op evaluation, the cardiac risk scores, optimisation strategies and perioperative management of patients with ischemic heart disease posted for non-cardiac surgery make up a significant bulk of questions asked in various post-graduate anaesthesia examinations. Candidates sitting in these exams must have a thorough understanding of the topic. Perioperative ischaemia and management are some of the examiner-favourites' whether as MCQ or in table viva. In this chapter, we have comprehensively covered the major concerns associated with the presence of ischemic heart disease in a patient posted for non-cardiac surgery with due regards to syllabus recommendations of the European/UK board syllabus for EDAIC/FRCA.