introduction: body mass index (bmi) can affect cardiac morphology; however, the relationship between bmi and valvular heart diseases has not been thoroughly evaluated. this study aimed to determine the relationship between bmi and mitral valve prolapse (mvp) as one of the most common valve diseases worldwide. it can help us to better understand pathophysiology of this common disease. materials ...

Method 10 patients were operated on from January 2009 to January 2014 for lesions of the mitral valve (AVCD were excluded from this study), age was between 04 and 16 years (mean 10 years), 40% male, the lesion was mitral regurgitation in all cases, the lesions were congenital origin in 07 of 10 cases, associated lesions in 20% (2 cases) the presence of atrial septal defect (OS), 10 % (1 case) c...

background: considering suggested formula in the references and pcwp measured by catheterism, in the present study the relation between pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (pcwp) measured the flow velocity of mitral valve and mitral annulus motion through tissue doppler imaging is evaluated methods: 52 cases of severe ms were admitted for balloon mitral valvolotomy (bmv) are included in this stu...

Between December 1981 and April 1984, five children ranging in age from 1 month to 5 1/2 years examined by two-dimensional echocardiography appeared to have a double orifice mitral valve. The diagnosis was verified in one patient at surgery, one patient by angiography and one patient by necropsy. Associated malformations included mitral stenosis and regurgitation, coarctation of the aorta, osti...

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...

IN THE rediscovery period of mitral surgery, beginning with the efforts of Harken and associates' and Bailey,2 3 it was clearly demonstrated that even a moderate increase in the size of the mitral orifice would improve the physiologic status of the patient considerably. However, as time went on it was apparent that finger fracture alone was not sufficient for many badly scarred and calcified va...

Abstract Background Pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa (P-MAIVF) is a rare complication infective endocarditis and aortic valve replacement. Ruptured P-MAIVF angina due to compression coronary arteries are severe complications this condition. Case presentation We report case that was diagnosed accidentally during routine checkup. The patient asymptomatic; however, she had...

this report presents a case of left radial artery pseudoaneurysm developing at the previous site of invasive monitoring. the patient had prosthetic mitral valve replacement one month earlier, and anti-coagulation therapy had started on the first post-operative day. the patient’s radial artery aneurysm with a 4-centimeter diameter was resected and the radial artery was ligated.

background: conventional doppler measurements, including mitral inflow and pulmonary venous flow, are used to estimate left ventricular end diastolic pressure (lvedp). however, these parameters have limitations in predicting lvedp among patients with mitral regurgitation. this study sought to establish whether the correlation between measurements derived from tissue doppler echocardiography and...