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THE ÆTIOLOGY OF MITRAL STENOSIS. [PDF]
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Theodore Fisher
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Rheumatic and Degenerative Mitral Stenosis: From an Iconic Clinical Case to the Literature Review [PDF]
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]
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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Congenital Mitral Stenosis [PDF]
R. S. Illingworth, J. L. Emery
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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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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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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]
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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