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.

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 ...

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 ...

If the mitral valve narrows, you can have restricted blood flow. Mitral valve stenosis and mitral valve regurgitation can ...

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 ...

However, people with moderate aortic stenosis can suffer irreversible heart ... the valve while also monitoring haemodynamic status. Mitral regurgitation — blood flowing the wrong way through ...

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 ...