Mr PC is a 58-year-old patient and has been regularly monitored for 2 years for severe asymptomatic AS. The patient also has hypertension, that is well-controlled by bisosprolol 2.5 mg. The patient ...

Transesophageal echocardiography confirmed the presence of an atypical layer of tissue covering the left atrium (Figure 1C), along with mitral apparatus with mitral valve stenosis (Figure 1C and 1D), ...

The Abascal echocardiographic score, also known as the Wilkins score, was first described in 1990 as a means to predict the success of percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy (PBMV) in the setting of ...

30-year-old male with a history of rheumatic heart disease. Mitral stenosis was diagnosed 6 years prior to admission. Symptoms of dyspnea had progressed in the following years so that balloon mitral ...

Although balloon valvuloplasty is an accepted treatment for symptomatic moderate mitral stenosis, patients with asymptomatic disease are often managed with ‘watchful waiting’ alone. A new study ...