Combined Severe Aortic and Mitral Stenoses

Combined Percutaneous Aortic and Mitral Balloon Valvuloplasty in a Patient with Severe Rheumatic Aortic and Mitral Valve Stenoses: a Case Report

A 26-YEAR-OLD symptomatic female patient with severe aortic and mitral valve stenoses underwent aortic and mitral valve balloon valvuloplasty in the same setting. Aortic balloon valvuloplasty was first performed retrogradely using a polyethylene 20-mm balloon (Mansfield, USA), and mitral valvuloplasty was performed antegradely through transseptal technique using an Inoue 28-mm balloon (Toray, J...

Combined Mitral and Aortic Stenosis.

Rheumatic fever commonly affects both the mitral and aortic valves, and in a significant proportion of patients with rheumatic heart disease the physical findings of both mitral and aortic stenosis are present. Detailed evaluation, however, will usually reveal that only one of the lesions is of hemodynamic importance and responsible for the patient's disability. Less commonly, left heart cathet...

Combined aortic and mitral stenosis.

While mitral stenosis is still frequently encountered despite the large decline in the incidence of acute rheumatism, combined mitral stenosis and aortic stenosis is less common. The recognition of the existence of aortic stenosis in association with mitral stenosis is important, as both can be dealt with successfully at one operation. If the aortic lesion goes undetected and mitral valvotomy a...

Aortic and Coronary Ostial Stenoses

Takotsubo Syndrome in Patient with Severe Mitral and Aortic Regurgitation

The echocardiography showed mild dilatation of the left ventricle (end-diastolic volume: 141 ml, end-systolic volume: 66 ml), mild reduction of the left ventricular ejection fraction (53%) with apical ballooning [Figure 1a, yellow arrow], degenerative moderate-to-severe mitral regurgitation [Figure 1b], and moderate aortic regurgitation [Figure 1c]. Sinus rhythm with weak negative T-waves in in...