Background Tricuspid regurgitation is frequently present in patients with mitral valve disease and most of this tricuspid are significant.
 Objective To find out the prevalence adult our hospital who planned for isolated surgery stenosis, or both. Patients moderate severe were considered as Method This was retrospective cross-sectional study performed at Shahid Gangalal National Heart Cent...

OBJECTIVE In this study we compared cardiothoracic ratio on chest radiography and left ventricular dimensions from echocardiography in patients with left heart valvular regurgitation. METHODS The studied population consisted of 107 patients (55 male, 52 female) aged 7 to 25 years (11.6+/-4.7 years) with isolated mitral or aortic regurgitation. Chest radiography and echocardiographic examinati...

We review and compare our experience with tricuspid ring annuloplasty between usage of the Cosgrove-Edwards flexible band and the MC(3) rigid ring for repair of functional tricuspid regurgitation to determine the efficacy and mid-term durability of tricuspid annuloplasty. 117 patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation undergoing open heart surgery and tricuspid valve repair from May 2005 ...

Methods A group of patients with mitral regurgitation underwent electrocardiography, chest teleradiography, venous blood withdrawal, and transthoracic echocardiography. Based on an analysis of the echocardiographic variables, 62 patients had mild and moderate mitral regurgitation (GI) and 34 had severe mitral regurgitation (GII). The discriminating capacity of the BNP for detecting patients wit...

BACKGROUND Proponents of flexible annuloplasty rings have hypothesized that such devices maintain annular dynamics. This hypothesis is based on the supposition that annular motion is relatively normal in patients undergoing mitral valve repair. We hypothesized that mitral annular dynamics are impaired in ischemic mitral regurgitation and myxomatous mitral regurgitation. METHODS AND RESULTS A ...

Acute severe valvular regurgitation is a surgical emergency, but accurate and timely diagnosis can be difficult. Although cardiovascular collapse is a common presentation, examination findings to suggest acute regurgitation may be subtle, and the clinical presentation may be nonspecific. Consequently, the presentation of acute valvular regurgitation may be mistaken for other acute conditions, s...

Today, an inclusive evaluation of valvular incompetence plays a significant role in clinical cardiology. Also, an accurate evaluation of Regurgitant Volume (RV) in cardiac patients with Valvular Regurgitation (VR) is crucial to analyze the progression of the disease, which can then decide the suitable time for surgical treatment or further treatment. Numerous techniques and algorithms have been...

BACKGROUND Concomitant mitral valve regurgitation is often present in patients with aortic stenosis. The additional MV replacement is associated with high operative risk. Previous studies have shown an amelioration of MV regurgitation after aortic valve replacement but most of the patient groups were heterogenous. OBJECTIVES To determine whether AV replacement for aortic stenosis has any effe...

an 80-year-old diabetic man with severe aortic stenosis was admitted to our hospital for cardiogenic shock complicating non-st-elevation myocardial infarction. echocardiographic evaluation showed also a severe degree of both left ventricular dysfunction and mitral regurgitation. the patient was initially stabilized with inotropes and mechanical ventilation was necessary because of concurrent pu...