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Persistence Pulmonal Hypertension After Balloon Mitral Valvuiloplasty

Majalah Kardiologi Indonesia, 2013
Background.Pulmonary hypertension frequently complicates mitral stenosis. Increased pulmonary artery pressure results from raised left atrial pressure, pulmonary arteriolar vasoconstriction, and obliterative changes in the pulmonary vascular bed, and ...
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Mitral valve replacement via right thoracotomy approach for prevention of mediastinitis in a female patient with long-term uncontrolled diabetes mellitus: a case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2010
A 76-year-old woman with a history of percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy and repeated hospital admissions due to heart failure was referred for an operation for severe mitral valve stenosis. She presented with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and
Fujiwara Hiroshi, Shomura Yu, Komori Shigeru, Ozu Yasuhisa, Hashimoto Takashi, Fukunaga Naoto, Nasu Michihiro, Okada Yukikatsu   +7 more
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Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-valve Implantation with the Balloon-expandable Myval Device

Indian Journal of Clinical Cardiology
For mitral valve pathologies like mitral stenosis and mitral regurgitation various treatment options are currently available. However, in patients who have previously operated on mitral valves only a few options are applicable.
Suresh Kumar Paidi, Mounika Chintada
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Immediate Results of Percutaneous Trans-Luminal Mitral Commissurotomy in Pregnant Women with Severe Mitral Stenosis

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology, 2012
Background Valvular heart diseases and mainly rheumatic heart diseases complicate about 1% of pregnancies. During pregnancy physiological hemodynamic changes of the circulation are the main cause of mitral stenosis (MS) decompensation.
Seyfollah Abdi, Negar Salehi, Babak Ghodsi, Hossein Ali Basiri, Mahmoud Momtahen, Ata Firouzi, Hamid Reza Sanati, Farshad Shakerian, Mohsen Maadani, Homan Bakhshandeh, Soheila Chamanian, Mitra Chitsazan, Anoushiravan Vakili-Zarch   +12 more
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Mitral stenosis due to rheumatic heart disease - A rare cause of massive hemoptysis

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Severe mitral valve stenosis caused by rheumatic heart disease presenting initially as massive hemoptysis has become a rare occurrence in contemporary western medicine. Massive hemoptysis can be due to multiple disease processes including airway diseases
Sophie Korzan, MD, Evan Jones, MD, Rahul Mutneja, MBBS, Prashant Grover, MD, FCCP   +3 more
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5. Mitral valve replacement for mitral stenosis: 15 years single center experience

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association, 2016
Mitral valve replacement (MVR) with either a bioprosthetic or a mechanical valve is the treatment of choice for severe mitral stenosis. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the early and late outcome of mitral valve replacement (mechanical versus ...
A. Arifi, A. Al Mosa, A. Omair, H. Najm
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Rheumatic heart disease of the mitral valve alongside the papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve: A case report

Clinical Case Reports
Key Clinical Message Besides thromboses, it's crucial to also consider the rare possibility of tumors like papillary fibroelastomas when evaluating worsening cardiopulmonary symptoms in patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis and atrial ...
Naser Khezerlouy Aghdam, Mitra Delkhah, Saeid Danayi, Navid Sobhi   +3 more
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Williams-Beuren syndrome: cardiovascular abnormalities in 20 patients diagnosed with fluorescence in situ hybridization

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2003
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the cardiovascular findings and clinical follow-up of patients with Williams-Beuren syndrome. METHODS: We studied 20 patients (11 males, mean age at diagnosis: 5.9 years old), assessed for cardiovascular abnormalities with ...
Sofia Mizuho Miura Sugayama, Regina Lúcia Moisés, Jaqueline Wagënfur, Nana Miura Ikari, Kikue Terada Abe, Cláudio Leone, Clóvis Artur Almeida da Silva, Maria de Lourdes Lopes Ferrari Chauffaille, Ae Kim Chong   +8 more
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High Risk Repeated Cardiac Surgery for Recurrent Subaortic Stenosis With a Favorable Outcome: A Case Report

Cardiology Discovery
. Subaortic stenosis is a form of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, accounting for approximately 14% of cases. It occurs as an acquired lesion after repair of congenital heart disease and rarely following mitral valve repair or replacement.
Feras Zoreka, Abeer H Alkudsi, Abdulsater Allababidi, Lubana Shadoud, Hanjia Gao   +4 more
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Subaortinė stenozė ir dviburio vožtuvo anoma-lijos: chirurginio gydymo ypatumai

Lietuvos Chirurgija, 2007
Daina Liekienė1, Virgilijus Lebetkevičius1, Virgilijus Tarutis2, Rimantas Karalius1, Rita Sudikienė2, Kęstutis Lankutis2, Giedrė Nogienė1, Alicija Dranenkienė1, Vytautas Sirvydis1 1 Vilniaus universiteto Širdies chirurgijos centras, Santariškių g.
Daina Liekienė, Virgilijus Lebetkevičius, Virgilijus Tarutis, Rimantas Karalius, Rita Sudikienė, Kęstutis Lankutis, Giedrė Nogienė, Alicija Dranenkienė, Vytautas Sirvydis   +8 more
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