Dear Doctors: At age 51, I was diagnosed with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. After a second round of tests, treatment was changed from open-heart surgery to balloon valvuloplasty. What can I do to ...

The first sound in the phonocardiogram occurs at the time of closure of the atrioventricular valves, and has been attributed to their closure. 4 Since the atrial pressure is very close to the ...

BECAUSE of the great interest currently demonstrated in the surgical correction of mitral stenosis, it has become essential for the clinician to be able to diagnose this condition with the greatest ...

Anticoagulation is a critical component in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Large randomised controlled trials have ...

DEAR DOCTORS: At age 51, I was diagnosed with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. After a second round of tests, treatment was changed from open-heart surgery to balloon valvuloplasty. What can I do to ...

Although balloon valvuloplasty is an accepted treatment for symptomatic moderate mitral stenosis, patients with asymptomatic disease are often managed with ‘watchful waiting’ alone. A new study ...

Mitral Stenosis[MS] is the narrowing of the mitral valve causing hindrance to the blood flow. The normal mitral valve orifice is about 4 to 6 cm 2. When this area becomes less than 2 cm 2, a pressure ...

Significant mitral stenosis (MS) is defined as a mitral valve area (MVA) below 1.5 cm². Invasive treatment is usually indicated when clinical symptoms are present. According to current guidelines, a ...

Dear Doctors: I’ve been getting dizzy when I exercise or even stand up too fast. I got sent to a cardiologist who says it’s mitral valve stenosis. He thinks I’m a good candidate for a catheter repair ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Heart valve innovation has made polymer valves a reality, with one such device boasting good 1-year outcomes in a small single-arm study. Adults who received the Tria device for ...

Patients with secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) who were left with high gradients after a MitraClip procedure were not inherently at a disadvantage in their subsequent clinical outcomes, according ...