Severe valvular aortic stenosis (AS) is one of the congenital heart diseases that may require intervention during infancy(l). Surgical valvotomy (performed under cardiopulmonary bypass) has, until recently, been the only method by which the aortic valve gradients could be reduced. Balloon aortic valvotomy (BAV) has now emerged as an attractive alternative(2,3). Despite the availability of the b...

Percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty has been proposed as a nonsurgical technique for treating high-risk patients with mitral stenosis who are deferred from mitral valve replacement. The effect of this technique on patients with pulmonary hypertension, however, has not been fully evaluated. Accordingly, serial assessment of pulmonary vascular resistance was made in 14 patients with critical mitral...

BACKGROUND Transseptal catheterization has been popularized through ongoing advances in percutaneous procedures, but related complications are known to occur. CASE PRESENTATION A 72 year-old female was admitted with left-sided weakness. In the course of various exams, a rounded and smooth-surfaced solid mass of right atrium was identified. However, a septal aneurysm associated with left atria...

To cite: Mahla H, Harlalka KK, Bhairappa S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014204370 DESCRIPTION We describe six patients with rheumatic heart disease involving mitral valve with predominant mitral stenosis. Figures 1–6 and videos 1–6 show the spectrum of left atrial thrombus in rheumatic heart disease. All patients had severe mitral steno...

Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) is one of the treatment modality in the management of rheumatic mitral stenosis. Reuse of sterilized PTMC balloon catheters has been widely practiced in developing countries to bring down procedural cost. PTMC by reused balloons are prone to deform and rupture during procedure. This can cause fatal complications like embolism of air or ballo...

M-mode echocardiography was performed in 54 patients 1 month to 3 years after mitral valvotomy for dominant mitral stenosis. The mitral valve closure index (MVCI), an index previously shown to correlate well with the calculated mitral valve area, was used to diagnose residual mitral stenosis. Using the equation MVCI = 33 MVC--12, 12 patients (22%) were deemed to have mild, 4 (7%) moderate, and ...

introduction: mitral stenosis is a narrowing or blockage of the opening of the mitral valve. symptoms usually develop between the ages of 20 and 50. it most commonly occurs in people who have had rheumatic faver. the purpose of this study was to determine the clinical, characteristics of mitral stenosis in men and women and their reactions to balloon mitral valvotomy (bmv).  materials and metho...