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<Articles JournalTitle="Archives of Anesthesiology and Critical Care">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Archives of Anesthesiology and Critical Care</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2423-5849</Issn>
      <Volume>0</Volume>
      <Issue>0</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2026</Year>
        <Month>08</Month>
        <Day>29</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Anesthetic Management of a High-Risk Patient with Mechanical Valve Prostheses Undergoing Open Cholecystectomy: A Case Report</title>
    <FirstPage>1577</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>1577</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Chhaya</FirstName>
        <LastName>Suryawanshi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Anesthesiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune, Maharashtra, India.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Shefalika</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sharma</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Anesthesiology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Pune, Maharashtra, India.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2026</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>25</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2026</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Worldwide, about 13% of the 200,000 annual recipients of prosthetic heart valves present for various non-cardiac surgical procedures When such cases present, both the anesthesiologist and the surgeon have to deal with the perioperative management of anticoagulation and a host of other issues involved and the potential for hemodynamic compromise. We report the perioperative management of a 65-year-old female with mechanical aortic and mitral valve prostheses, reduced ejection fraction, and pulmonary hypertension requiring cholecystectomy. Comprehensive preoperative optimization, anticoagulation bridging, meticulous perioperative monitoring, and cardiac-stable anesthetic techniques ensured an uneventful intraoperative and postoperative course.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://aacc.tums.ac.ir/index.php/aacc/article/view/1577</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
