When any disease process decreases the mitral valve area, mitral stenosis (MS) develops. As mitral stenosis progresses, increased left atrial pressure is required to maintain stroke volume.

When any disease process decreases the mitral valve area, mitral stenosis (MS) develops. As mitral stenosis progresses over time, the pressure in the left atrium rises. This pressure is ...

Fourteen of the patients had pure or predominant mitral stenosis, and the other 17 had pure or predominant mitral regurgitation. All were considered to have rheumatic valvular disease except for 1 ...

Background Although the prognostic implications of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are well recognised, they are less clear ...

THE Graham-Steell murmur was originally described in 1888. ¶ Since that time little factual information has been accumulated concerning this bruit. A search of the American literature during the ...

Percutaneous valve interventions have shown great success in the treatment of mitral stenosis, as well as for aortic and pulmonary valve replacements (e.g., SAPIEN [Edwards, CA, USA], CoreValve ...

Mitral valve stenosis is the narrowing of the mitral valve, which limits the forward flow of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle. It's often due to rheumatic fever, a complication of ...

An 82-year-old woman from Perry County with aortic valve stenosis was the first person in the world to undergo a new type of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) at UPMC Harrisburg. The ...