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Mitral valve replacement at Tygerberg Hospital: a 5 year follow-up

SA Heart Journal, 2017
This study provides 5-year follow-up data of isolated mitral valve replacements with mechanical prosthesis at a large South African tertiary hospital. It also assessed the significance of pre-operative parameters to predict mortality.
B.J. Barnard, P.J. le Roux
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Posterior to Anterior Mitral Valve Leaflets Length Ratio as a Simple Parameter in Assessing the Severity of Mitral Stenosis

Majalah Kardiologi Indonesia, 2017
Background: Determining the severity of mitral stenosis is important for both prognostic and therapeutic reasons. TTE is the gold standard method for assessment of severity mitral stenosis by using planimetry and pressure half time (PHT).
Zunaidi Syahputra, Nizam Zikri Akbar, Andre Pasha Ketaren, Harris Hasan   +3 more
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Left atrial calcification: Case report and review of literature

Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2018
Calcification of left atrium is often associated with rheumatic valvular heart disease. It has been described mostly in cases with long standing mitral stenosis and also in patients with mitral valve replacement.
M Aseem Basha, A Shaheer Ahmed, Bharatraj Kidambi, Pavan Teja, Nitish Naik   +4 more
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Transfemoral Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation With a Dedicated Device in a Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis Patient

JACC: Case Reports, 2023
A 65-year-old obese woman with rheumatic heart disease and restrictive lung disease presented with decompensated heart failure. Evaluation demonstrated severely thickened mitral valve leaflets, severe mitral stenosis, and moderate mitral regurgitation ...
Lauren S. Ranard, MD, Brett E. Grizzell, MD, Torsten P. Vahl, MD, Juan F. Granada, MD, Bassem M. Chehab, MD   +4 more
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Cor triatriatum with mitral stenosis: A diagnostic dilemma

International Journal of the Cardiovascular Academy, 2019
Cor triatriatum sinister is an extremely rare congenital heart defect. Very few cases have been reported for cor triatriatum associated with mitral regurgitation.
Devvrat Desai, Jignesh Kothari, Parth Solanki, Kinnaresh Baria   +3 more
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Combined Aortic and Mitral Valve Stenosis in Mucopolysaccharidosis Syndrome Type I-S: A Report of a Rare Case

Journal of Tehran University Heart Center, 2021
Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) syndrome is an inherited metabolic disorder. In more than half of the patients with MPS syndrome, heart valve involvement is reported; however, combined aortic and mitral valve stenosis in MPS syndrome type I-S is very rare ...
Hakimeh Sadeghian, Afsaneh Sadeghian, Bahare Eslami, Seyed Hesameddin Abbasi, Masoumeh Lotfi-Tokaldany   +4 more
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Valve-in-valve transcatheter mitral valve replacement procedure in prosthetic valve stenosis

IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports, 2023
A patient presented with acute respiratory failure and shock due to severe prosthetic mitral valve stenosis. A valve-in-valve transcatheter mitral valve replacement procedure was performed via the transeptal approach due to his high-risk presentation ...
Mridul Bansal, Aryan Mehta, David X. Zhao, Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula   +3 more
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Transcatheter Self-expandable Aortic Valve (Portico) Implantation in a Patient with Previous Mitral Valve Replacement: A Case Report

Journal of Tehran University Heart Center, 2019
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has shown favorable outcomes in patients with severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis who are at high surgical risk or who are unsuitable candidates for open-heart surgery.
Ahmet Korkmaz, Havva Tuğba Gürsoy, Mehmet İleri, Özgül Uçar Elalmış, Ümit Güray   +4 more
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Mechanisms of mitral valve development and disease

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
The mitral valve apparatus comprises the annulus, valve leaflets, chordae tendineae, and papillary muscles, forming an integrated biomechanical unit essential for unidirectional blood flow.
Enshi Wang, Bin Zhou, Bin Zhou
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How to assess mitral stenosis by echo - A step-by-step approach

Journal of the Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular Imaging, 2017
Rheumatic mitral stenosis is the commonest valvular heart disease in developing countries. Other causes include congenital abnormalities and degenerative mitral valve disease.
Gnanavelu Ganesan
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