introduction fungal prosthetic valve endocarditis (pve) is rare but serious complication of valve replacement surgery. candida species, particularly candida albicans is the most common isolated pathogen in fungal pve (1–6%of cases). case presentation we describe a 35-year-old woman who underwent mechanical mitral valve replacement about 3 years ago. she was admitted with neurological symptoms a...

mitral valve prolapse (mvp) is a relatively frequent valvular abnormality. in both children and adults with mvp, an increased incidence of ventricular arrhythmias has been reported. qt dispersion, defined as the difference in duration between the longest qt interval and the shortest one, for a given set of electrocardiographic leads has been proposed as a sign of regional difference in cardiac ...

acute fulminant myocarditis is a life-threatening inflammatory disease of the myocardium characterized by the rapid deterioration of the hemodynamic status of the affected individual. with prompt recognition and appropriate management, complete recovery of ventricular function is likely within a few weeks. we introduce a 28-year-old man with acute fulminant myocarditis, who experienced circulat...

functional mitral regurgitation (mr) results from left ventricular remodeling, leaflet tethering or tenting. coronary artery disease is one of the important causes of functional mr due to tethering. detection of functional mr and its severity are important factors in patient prognosis. there are different methods for detection of functional mr and its severity, including anterior mitral leaflet...

the term mitral valve prolapse (mvp) is used for a particular subset of patients with hyperadrenergic dysautonomia. it occurs when part of a leaflet or both leaflets of the mitral valve extend above the plane of the atrioventricular junction during ventricular systole. the adenylate cyclase activity in mvp dys-autonomia was studied by extraction of enzyme from the erythrocytes from 62 normal su...

Eighteen percent of heart specimens with isolated ventricular septal defect also had a floppy mitral valve. There was no statistical difference in the incidence of floppy mitral valve in the three age groups considered (less than 1 year, 1 to 16 years and 17 to 91 years). In no patient was a floppy mitral valve considered to be the cause of death. Complications of floppy mitral valve (ruptured ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effects of transvalvar flow rate on aortic valve resistance and valve area after percutaneous transvenous balloon dilatation of the mitral valve in a homogeneous group of patients with rheumatic heart disease. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of 12 patients with combined aortic and mitral stenosis who had undergone balloon dilatation of the mitral valve over a perio...

Concomitant aortic and mitral valve replacement or concomitant aortic valve replacement and mitral repair can be a challenge for the cardiac surgeon: in particular, because of their structure and design, two bioprosthetic heart valves or an aortic valve prosthesis and a rigid mitral ring can interfere at the level of the mitroaortic junction. Therefore, when a mitral bioprosthesis or a rigid mi...