The patient has just returned to the floor after a balloon valvuloplasty. The nurse caring for the patient knows that complications following this procedure include what? (Mark all that apply.)
A) Emboli
B) Mitral valve damage
C) Ventricular dysrhythmia
D) Atrial-septal defect
E) Plaque formation
Ans: A, B, C
Feedback: Possible complications include aortic regurgitation, emboli, ventricular perforation, rupture of the aortic valve annulus, ventricular dysrhythmia, mitral valve damage, and bleeding from the catheter insertion sites. Atrial-septal defect and plaque formation are not complications of a balloon valvuloplasty.
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