We selected 40 patients with severe symptomatic rheumatic mitral stenosis for balloon valvotomy using the Inoue balloon technique. The patients' mean age was 31 +/- 14 years and there were 24 females and 16 males. The patients were selected according to the following echo/Doppler criteria; 1. Severe mitral stenosis, i. e. mitral valve area (MVA) less than 1.1 cm2; 2. pliable anterior mitral val...

Thirty-five patients with clinical evidence of aortic insufficiency were studied by echocardiography. Eleven patients had characteristic diastolic fluttering of the mitral valve (30 to 40 Hz, maximal amplitude 4 mm). In five others the fluttering was classified as equivocal. In a control group of 500 echocardiograms in patients without evidence of aortic insufficiency, there were three examples...

We present a case of an 82-year-old male patient with history severe mitral regurgitation, aortic chronic atrial fibrillation, and suicide attempts due to depression. The underwent valvuloplasty valve replacement for regurgitation regurgitation. was extubated on the morning sixth postoperative day, but he reintubated in evening because hypotension unstable respiratory status. Echocardiography r...

introduction: retinal vein occlusion  is a common vascular disorder disrupting vision. two basic types of rvo are branch retinal vein occlusion and central retinal vein occlusion (crvo).  retinal vein occlusion is a multifactor process including systemic illness and local retinal factors.rvo may be associated with atherosclerotic risk factors. we analyzed the role of 2 dimensional transthoracic...

789 with a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (40%), moderate mitral valve insufficiency, and moderate ‐to ‐severe tricuspid valve insufficiency. In the parasternal long ‐axis view (FIGURE 1C and 1D) and the apical 5 ‐chamber view (FIGURE 1E–1G), an accessory structure was found in the region of the left ventricular outflow tract. Localization A 40 ‐year ‐old patient with no known medic...

BACKGROUND Rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) is still a common disease in developing countries with high morbidity and mortality rates. The purpose of the study was to evaluate arterial stiffness in severe MS before and after percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (PMBV). METHODS Thirty patients with MS in sinus rhythm requiring PMBV and 20 age-gender matched healthy volunteers. The analyze o...

background: left ventricular (lv) twist is due to oppositely directed apical and basal rotation and has been proposed as a sensitive marker of lv function. we sought to assess the impact of chronic pure mitral regurgitation (mr) on the torsional mechanics of the left human ventricle using tissue doppler imaging. methods: nineteen severe mr patients with a normal lv ejection fraction and 16 non-...

The causes of mitral valve insufficiency may largely be divided into two categories: organic or primary and functional or secondary. In the first case, the cause of insufficiency is due to a morphological change of the valve. Numerous diseases may damage the valve. Of the degenerative disease we may list myxomatous degeneration, fibroelastic deficiency or annular calcifications. Of the phlogist...

global myocardial ischemia and ischemia-reperfusion injury are potential adverse events related with cardioplegic arrest. beating heart surgery has avoided such complications and adapted to valve surgery following successful results published on myocardial revascularization. difficulty in weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass may be lessened by using on-pump beating heart surgery for mitral valve...