Introduction: Severe aortic stenosis (AS) produces a typical systolic ... The systole & diastole were assessed by creating Wiggers diagrams from the LV outflow & mitral valve inflow ECHO images.

HEMOPTYSIS occurs quite frequently as a consequence of mitral stenosis, but massive, life-threatening pulmonary hemorrhage is distinctly unusual. 1–4,5,6 Oppenheimer and Schwartz 3 have termed ...

Significant mitral stenosis (MS) is defined as a mitral valve area (MVA) below 1.5 cm². Invasive treatment is usually indicated when clinical symptoms are present. According to current guidelines, a ...

shows promise for treating patients with severe calcific mitral stenosis (MS) and no other surgical or transcatheter treatment options. But until recently, evidence of its value has been sparse ...

The outlook is significantly less positive in people who have symptoms. Around 80% of people with mitral stenosis may not survive 10 years from the time their symptoms begin. In people with ...

It may also mean that not enough blood can pass through from the left atrium into the left ventricle (mitral valve stenosis). Disrupted blood flow in the heart can lead to the heart not pumping ...

The risk from AF is 5-fold alone. When mitral stenosis is involved, the risk increases by 20 times over. Atrial flutter, the guidelines for which were also adjusted, also increases patients ...

Patients with mitral stenosis and A-fib appear to do better when they receive direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) instead of warfarin, an observational analysis suggests. The data, while not randomized ...

The mitral valve is also known as the bicuspid valve. This is one of the heart’s four valves that help prevent blood from flowing backward as it moves through the heart. Read on to learn more ...

Mitral valve stenosis, also known as mitral stenosis, occurs when the mitral valve opening is narrowed. This means that not enough blood can flow through it. Scarring caused by rheumatic fever is ...