AS a surgeon, it is my purpose to review the operative and late results in patients who have had valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis. In addition, I should like to review a few technical maneuvers that ...

Most patients may not remember having Rheumatic Fever in their childhood. Doctors will be able to detect mitral stenosis on physical examination. Auscultation will show a loud first heart sound (S1) ...

Patients with secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) who were left with high gradients after a MitraClip procedure were not inherently at a disadvantage in their subsequent clinical outcomes, according ...

A 71-year-old woman with a history of rheumatic mitral stenosis was admitted because her clinical condition was deteriorating and she was exhibiting a significant increase in exertional dyspnea (NYHA ...

Bioprosthetic valves lasts about 10-15 years. These are usually obtained from animals or human organ donors. Tissue valves seem to improve the patient’s hemodynamics, but tend to stiffen in 10-15 ...

Hello and greetings from Bronx, New York. This is Ronald Wharton. I am a cardiologist at Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. I thought I'd share with you something ...

Multivalvular disease (MVD) is a prevalent form of valvular heart disease; rheumatic heart disease is the predominant aetiology in developing countries, whereas degenerative aetiologies are ...

The heart consists of four chambers, two atria and two ventricles. The atrium of each side is connected with the ventricle, and the blood flow between the two is controlled by valves Mild cases of ...