Currently Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty has established itself as a standard treatment for patients with severe mitral stenosis. A patient with severe mitral stenosis was posted for the above procedure. After dilatation of mitral valvular apparatus the Accura balloon failed to deflate on repeated aspirations, probably due to rupture of internal lumen. Finally, a guide wire was passe...

The size and function of mechanical heart valves were evaluated in this article. pathological cases that produce valve damage lead to the most well-known rheumatic illnesses have been investigated. They induce stenosis regurgitation valve, whether aortic or mitral, other diseases, such as degenerative, congenital, calcific valves. These occurred between 2015 2020, following are relevant charact...

OBJECTIVES We sought to determine whether noninvasive planimetry of the mitral valve area (MVA) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is feasible and reliable in patients with mitral stenosis (MS). BACKGROUND Accurate assessment of MVA is particularly important for the management of patients with valvular stenosis. Current standard techniques for assessing the severity of MS include echocardiog...

BACKGROUND Understanding the mechanism and the main components involved in rheumatic mitral regurgitation (MR) associated with dominant pliable mitral stenosis (MS) may improve our ability to repair some mixed rheumatic mitral valve pathologies. OBJECTIVES To assess mitral valve structural components in pure mitral stenosis versus mitral stenosis associated with mild regurgitation METHODS U...

Ultrasonic echocardiograms from the anterior cusp of the mitral valve have been obtained in 75 patients with aortic regurgitation in whom there was haemodynamic or surgical confirmation, or both, of the state of the mitral valve. Coincident mitral stenosis could be recognized from the echocardiogram in all cases by a slow diastolic closure rate and widening of the echo from the anterior mitral ...

Clinical assessment of the severity of mitral stenosis sometimes presents difficulties. The symptoms may be obscured by superadded effort syndrome or by limitation of activity imposed by the patient's doctor. The physical signs may reveal the presence of pulmonary hypertension or heart failure, but in their absence there may be little indication as to the size of the mitral orifice. The intensi...