bailon mitral valvuloplasty and closed mitral valve conunissurotomy were performed in 450 and 127 patients, respectively. also, 254 patients with severe mitral stenosis were enrolled in a prospective randomized trial comparing the two procedures. immediately after balloon mitral valvuloplasty, mean left atrial pressure was 11.38±3.54 mmhg, transmitral valve gradient was 1.8±2 mmhg, and mitral v...

Infants with severe aortic valve stenosis often are critically ill and require urgent surgical treatment. Currently, angiography is used at the time of cardiac catheterization to diagnose aortic valve stenosis. However, the use of this test may be hazardous in an unstable infant and may precipitate hemodynamic and clinical deterioration before surgery. Therefore, a noninvasive method of accurat...

A 63-year-old man was admitted with a complaint of dyspnea. Echocardiography showed severe aortic regurgitation (AR), and moderate mitral regurgitation (MR). Coronary angiography revealed that the right coronary artery (RCA) arose from the ascending aorta with a high takeoff and a significant stenosis at the distal segment of the RCA. Scintigraphy with Thallium showed a transient perfusion defe...

REPEAT mitral commissurotomy has become necessary when there is evidence of refusion of the mitral valve. Patients presenting with evidence of recurrent mitral stenosis have been classified by Belcher' into two groups, i.e., "true" and "false" restenosis. In the true type, stenosis occurs after one or both commissures have been completely opened; false restenosis is that which occurs when neith...

REPEAT mitral commissurotomy has become necessary when there is evidence of refusion of the mitral valve. Patients presenting with evidence of recurrent mitral stenosis have been classified by Belcher' into two groups, i.e., "true" and "false" restenosis. In the true type, stenosis occurs after one or both commissures have been completely opened; false restenosis is that which occurs when neith...

The size and function of mechanical heart valves were evaluated in this article. pathological cases that produce valve damage lead to the most well-known rheumatic illnesses have been investigated. They induce stenosis regurgitation valve, whether aortic or mitral, other diseases, such as degenerative, congenital, calcific valves. These occurred between 2015 2020, following are relevant charact...

OBJECTIVE Mitral valve surgery can be performed through the trans-atrial or the trans-septal approach. Although the trans-atrial is the preferred method, the trans-septal approach has also been used recently and has a particular value in beating-heart mitral valve surgery. Herein we report our experience with beating-heart mitral valve surgery via trans-septal approach, and discuss its advantag...

e present a case of a 23-year-old man with Shone's complex, including bicuspid aortic valve, coarctation of the aorta status post neonatal repair and subsequent stent placement, mitral valve stenosis status post valve repair, and eventual replacement 1 year before the current presentation. A noncontrast thoracic computed tomography scan was performed after his mitral valve replacement to invest...

BACKGROUND The Maze procedure in patients without mitral valve disease remains controversial, because of the increased invasiveness and operation time required to create additional incisions in the atria. The aim of this study was to assess prognosis following the Maze procedure in patients without mitral valve disease. METHODS AND RESULTS One hundred and seven consecutive patients who underw...

We present the case of a previously well seventy-four year old male caucasian grazier who presented with mild back pain and was subsequently found to have a large posterior mitral valve leaflet perivalvular abscess associated with mitral annulus calcification and a mycotic infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) of Staphylococcal origin. He underwent a right axillofemoral bypass with oversew...