Tomographic Evaluation of Hemodynamic Changes in Mitral Stenosis

Tomographic evaluation of hemodynamic changes in mitral stenosis with a statistical note on normal tomographic findings.

Variant hemodynamic patterns in mitral stenosis.

W HEN INDIVIDUALS with significant rheumatic mitral stenosis are studied by means of right and left heart catheterization, they show certain abnormalities of cardiovascular dynamics. At rest these patients usually demonstrate elevation of the left atrial, pulmonary wedge and pulmonary artery pressures, or, more frequently, a low cardiac index and normal or increased pulmonary arteriolar resista...

Correlation of Hemodynamic Data and Pulmonary Anigiography in Mitral Stenosis

The abnormalities of pulmonary arterial blood supply in mitral stenosis, consisting primarily of constriction of lower lobe vessels with resultant upper lobe preferential flow, was assessed by means of pulmonary angiography in 30 patients with mitral stenosis uncomplicated by other cardiac diseases. The abnormalities in blood flow correlated best with both the pulmonay artery pressure and the p...

Correlation of hemodynamic data and pulmonary angiography in mitral stenosis.

Evaluation of mitral stenosis in 2008.

Percutaneous mitral valve commissurotomy (PMC) is the treatment of choice for patients with mitral stenosis (MS) and favorable anatomy. Evaluation of MS should answer two questions: is MS severe? And is the valve suitable for PMC? Evaluation of MS severity relies on accurate echocardiographic assessment of the mitral valve area (MVA). Several methods can be used, often in combination. The plani...