IN certain cases of inactive rheumatic heart disease when the lesion is predominantly mitral stenosis dramatic results may be obtained from surgical relief of the valvular obstruction (Bailey, 1949; Glover, et al., 1950; Baker, et al., 1950, 1952). Unfortunately, not all cases of mitral stenosis will benefit from operative interference. The major difficulty associated with the surgical treatmen...

CONGENITAL stenotic lesions of the mitral valve may be classified into various groups depending on the functional capacity of the left ventricle. In the extreme form, s8vere stenosis or atresia of the mitral valve is associated with hypoplasia of the left ventricle and aorta. Septal defects are usually present and these combinations are lethal in infaincy.i' 2 In the presence of a functioning l...

Mitral Stenosis 1. Detection . While the auscultatory findings of mitral stenosis are characteristic , many patients go undetected by routine clinical examination; it is, therefore, important to be aware of the special syndromes with which they may present (Table 1 ). Mitra! stenosis is much more common in women and should be looked for particularly in those who are young or middle-aged . The c...

bailon mitral valvuloplasty and closed mitral valve conunissurotomy were performed in 450 and 127 patients, respectively. also, 254 patients with severe mitral stenosis were enrolled in a prospective randomized trial comparing the two procedures. immediately after balloon mitral valvuloplasty, mean left atrial pressure was 11.38±3.54 mmhg, transmitral valve gradient was 1.8±2 mmhg, and mitral v...

This study is designed to test whether percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV) is effective for rheumatic mitral stenosis in Chinese patients with moderate to severe mitral regurgitation. Fifty-six patients with rheumatic mitral valve stenosis were divided into the mild, moderate, and severe regurgitation groups. Cardiac ultrasonography was measured before and 1 to 2 days after PBMV. F...

Twenty-five patients with pure mitral stenosis and nine normal subjects were studied by selective left ventricular cineangiocardiography. Left ventricular volumes were measured at end systole, throughout diastole, and at end diastole. Although filling curves showed that the left ventricles filled slowly in patients with mitral stenosis, normal end-diastolic volumes were attained provided diasto...

A three year old girl with severe congenital mitral stenosis was successfully treated by percutaneous balloon dilatation of the mitral valve. Cardiac catheterisation and cross sectional and Doppler echocardiography indicated that the orifice of the mitral valve had doubled in area. A small atrial septal defect was found at follow up cardiac catheterisation and angiography. Balloon dilatation of...

A rare case of hereditary spherocytosis (HS) and rheumatic mitral stenosis coexisting in a patient having severe stenosis, atrial fibrillation, symptoms the left ventricular dysfunction, along with hemolytic anemia attributed to HS. We present 58-year-old lady who presented emergency department complaints increasing shortness breath for past week. She was examined have fibrillation fast rate. O...

A Valsalva-like maneuver was performed during cardiac catheterization by a normal group of individuals and a group of patients with acoustic evidence of mitral stenosis. The latter group was subdivided according to its response to the maneuver. The mild group, like the normal group, showed an "overshoot" of blood pressure and a bradyeardia in the post-straining period, whereas the severe mitral...