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Rheumatic and Degenerative Mitral Stenosis: From an Iconic Clinical Case to the Literature Review [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease
Mitral stenosis (MS) poses significant challenges in diagnosis and management due to its varied etiologies, such as rheumatic mitral stenosis (RMS) and degenerative mitral stenosis (DMS).
Francesca Napoli   +8 more
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Mirror Image Dextrocardia with Severe Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis Undergone Successful Percutaneous Transvenous Commissurotomy: The First Case in East Africa [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Medical Case Reports Journal
Kefelegn Dejene Tadesse,1 Yidnekachew Asrat Birhan2 1Cardiology Department, Cardiac Center of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2Internal Medicine Department, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Kefelegn Dejene Tadesse, Email ...
Tadesse KD, Birhan YA
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Mitral Stenosis [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Case Reports, 2017
The decrease in the incidence of acute rheumatic fever in western countries has led to a sharp decrease in the incidence of mitral stenosis. This decrease also modifies the clinical presentation and mitral stenosis is now encountered in older patients who have severe impairment of valve anatomy.
Oehler, Andrew C   +2 more
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Mitral annular calcification leading to severe mitral stenosis in a patient with severe calcific aortic stenosis and complete heart block: Different shades of calcium in heart

open access: yesJournal of Indian College of Cardiology, 2022
Calcium deposition in the heart can present in various ways. Mitral annular calcification (MAC) can cause mitral regurgitation but severe mitral stenosis has been reported very rarely.
Najeeb Ullah Sofi   +2 more
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Assessment of Right Ventricular Systolic Function with 3-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Isolated Mild Mitral Stenosis

open access: yesAnatolian Journal of Cardiology, 2023
Background: In rheumatic severe mitral stenosis, right ventricular mechanics deteriorate with the increasing severity of mitral stenosis. Therefore, we aimed to investigate right ventricular mechanics in patients with mild mitral stenosis using 3 ...
Esra Poyraz   +3 more
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Commissurotomy for Mitral Stenosis [PDF]

open access: yesCirculation, 1950
The term "mitral commissurotomy" has been suggested to designate a procedure in which the individual anatomic leaflets of the stenotic mitral valve are surgically separated. By incising the angles or commissures of the mitral slit ("fish-mouth") a considerable degree of valve function can be re-established without the production of additional ...
Robert P. Glover   +2 more
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