MITRAL RESTENOSIS

Mitral restenosis.

The Cardiogram of Mitral Restenosis.

The cardiogram of mitral stenosis, with emphasis on right ventricular hypertrophy and P wave changes before and after mitral valvotomy has been studied previously by Mounsey (1957) and by Rodriguez Torres et al. (1959). Cardiographic evidence of right ventricular hypertrophy that recurred after valvotomy and increased when restenosis occurred has been presented by Wilcken (1960). The present st...

Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy in mitral restenosis with situs inversus.

A woman, aged 30 years with situs inversus, dextrocardia and severe rheumatic mitral restenosis was referred to AFIC/NIHD for commissurotomy. A Closed Mitral Valvotomy (CMV) for severe mitral stenosis had already been done 8 years earlier, and her symptoms had reappeared. She was evaluated with transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography and found to have a mitral valve area of 0.6 cm2, ...

Postoperative Outcomes of Mitral Valve Repair for Mitral Restenosis after Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvotomy

BACKGROUND There have been a number of studies on mitral valve replacement and repeated percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy for mitral valve restenosis after percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy. However, studies on mitral valve repair for these patients are rare. In this study, we analyzed postoperative outcomes of mitral valve repair for mitral valve restenosis after percutaneous mitral ba...

Serial echocardiographic evaluation of restenosis after successful percutaneous mitral commissurotomy.

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to determine predictors of restenosis after successful percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) and its relationship to late clinical outcome. BACKGROUND The restenosis rate after PMC and its relationship to late clinical outcome is poorly defined. METHODS Serial echocardiography was performed in 310 patients who underwent PMC. Restenosis, defined as mitra...