Physiologic Studies in Mitral Valvular Disease

Physiologic studies in mitral valvular disease.

Haemodynamic effects of nitroglycerin in patients with mitral valvular disease.

Nitrites are widely used for the treatment of angina pectoris, but their mechanism of action is still not clear. Animal experiments have shown that nitrites dilate arteries, arterioles, capillaries, and veins (for a review: see Charlier, 1961). Most workers feel that nitroglycerin acts by dilating coronary vessels, though such an effect has been difficult to show in patients with coronary heart...

Mitral and aortic valve replacement in valvular rheumatoid heart disease.

Specific endocarditis involving the aortic and mitral valves in a patient with peripheral rheumatoid arthritis is reported. The patient underwent prosthetic replacement of both valves. Typical rheumatoid nodules were detected histologically in the valvular tissues.

Clinical and physiologic relationships in mitral valve disease.

Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Valvular Heart Disease: Aortic and Mitral

Evelyn M. Horn, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Director of Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Assist & Pulmonary Hypertension Programs Perkin Heart Failure Center Weill Cornell Medical Center Division of Cardiology New York, NY Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can be due to a primary pulmonary vasculature abnormality, but is more often secondary to lung, cardiac, or environmental i...