reater advances in the use of percutaneous techniques for he treatment of coronary artery disease and cardiac nonoronary interventions have occurred during the last few ears. Among them, percutaneous techniques for the treatent of stenotic valvular lesions were developed, and their enefits were demonstrated in the treatment of most paients with pulmonary stenosis, rheumatic mitral stenosis, nd ...

As a progressive atrial myopathy, the etiopathogenesis of AF is multifactorial. For example, valvular heart disease are found in 30% of AF patients and in mitral stenosis and/or regurgitation chronic atrial stretch is a well known pathophysiological factor in the occurrence of AF [1,3,4]. Indeed, mitral valve prolapse with or without regurgitation, calcification of the mitral annulus, tricuspid...

background: percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy (bmv) is the gold standard treatment for rheumatic mitral stenosis (ms) in that it causes significant changes in mitral valve area (mva) and improves leaflet mobility. development of or increase in mitral regurgitation (mr) is common after bmv. this study evaluated mr severity and its changes after bmv in iranian patients. methods: w e prospecti...

OBJECTIVE To assess the outcome of percutaneous balloon dilatation of the mitral valve in critically ill young patients with intractable heart failure. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of all such patients presenting over a period of 4 years. PATIENTS Of 432 consecutive patients undergoing percutaneous balloon dilatation of the mitral valve, 12 (mean age 29 years) with intractable heart failur...

Valvular heart disease is a common cardiac disease in our country. The valvular heart disease which we face in our day to day hospital and private practice is due to chronic sequlae of rheumatic fever. In chronic rheumatic heart disease mitral valve is affected in more than 90% of cases and aortic valve is the next most frequently affected valve. This study was done to evaluate the association ...

OBJECTIVES To estimate incidence of atrial fibrillation in patients of rheumatic heart disease, to study clinical correlation of atrial fibrillation in term of mitral valve area in mitral stenosis, to estimate incidence of systemic embolization and to find out association of atrial fibrillation with recurrent respiratory infections. MATERIAL AND METHODS Ninty-four cases were assigned with dif...

The burden of heart valve disease is rising in line with increasing life expectancy and the prevalence of moderate or severe disease is 13% in people aged ≥75 years old.1 The most common lesions are aortic stenosis (Figure 1) due to calcific disease and mitral regurgitation (Figure 2) as a result of mitral prolapse or secondary to left ventricular dysfunction. Untreated valve disease leads to p...

BACKGROUND Valvular heart disease is a leading cause of cardiovascular mortality, especially in China. More than a half of valvular heart diseases are caused by acute rheumatic fever. microRNA is involved in many physiological and pathological processes. However, the miRNA profile of the rheumatic valvular heart disease is unknown. This research is to discuss microRNAs and their target gene pat...

DOI: 10.5935/abc.20150062 Clinical data: At 10 months of age, the patient underwent correction of a large aortopulmonary window and mitral valve regurgitation secondary to volume overload, which caused severe heart failure. The post-operative clinical outcome was favorable. Prior to operation, her clinical picture was of concern because of severe malnutrition (weight of 5,500 g), congestive hea...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is associated with high prevalence of stroke and systemic embolisation. A 53-year-old man had mitral valve thrombus and PFO diagnosed by echocardiography, in addition to carotid artery stenosis and embolic events including transient ischemia attack, retinal artery occlusion and left kidney infarct. Surgical removal of the mitral valve thrombus and concomitant coronary...