THE outlook for the patient with mitral stenosis in whom objective evidence of congestive heart failure or auricular fibrillation has already developed has generally been considered grave. Studies ...

The purpose of the present study is to reinvestigate the association of hypertension and mitral stenosis. A series of 517 cases of mitral stenosis were therefore reviewed. The diagnosis was ...

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 ...

Most patients may not remember having Rheumatic Fever in their childhood. Doctors will be able to detect mitral stenosis on physical examination. Auscultation will show a loud first heart sound (S1) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mitral valve can be either replaced or repaired in patients with moderate to severe valve stenosis. Repair can be done during cardiac catheterization. A balloon catheter is placed at the mitral valve ...

30-year-old male with a history of rheumatic heart disease. Mitral stenosis was diagnosed 6 years prior to admission. Symptoms of dyspnea had progressed in the following years so that balloon mitral ...

No consensus exists regarding the appropriate intensity of anticoagulation therapy in patients with mitral stenosis associated with atrial fibrillation (AF). In the National Study for Prevention of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mitral annulus calcification may be an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality and was more common among ...

Percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty is an effective treatment in mitral stenosis. Both the short and midterm results are comparable to surgical commissurotomy. The decision to perform valvuloplasty or ...

Q: 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 that uses ...