ALLMedicine Mitral Stenosis Center

May 26th, 2020 - Transcatheter mitral valve replacement technologies have been developed to treat a wide range of mitral valve pathologies including primary and secondary mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis, in addition to degenerative bioprosthetic valves and f...

May 25th, 2020 - Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is increasingly encountered, particularly among the elderly and those with chronic kidney disease, and is often associated with a transvalvular gradient. In contrast to rheumatic mitral stenosis relatively little...

May 17th, 2020 - Image of the month: Rapidly evolving mitral stenosis: an unusual case of endocarditis.|2020|McBriar D,Kearney A,Cole B,|

May 11th, 2020 - Background Mitral stenosis (MS) is a narrowing of the inlet valve into the left ventricle that prevents proper filling during diastole. Patients with mitral stenosis typically have mitral valve leaflets that are thickened, commissures that are fus...

May 6th, 2020 - Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) is emerging as an alternative treatment strategy to surgery for patients with severe mitral annular calcification (MAC) who are not candidates for traditional mitral valve surgery. Paravalvular leak (P...

May 26th, 2020 - Transcatheter mitral valve replacement technologies have been developed to treat a wide range of mitral valve pathologies including primary and secondary mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis, in addition to degenerative bioprosthetic valves and f...

May 25th, 2020 - Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is increasingly encountered, particularly among the elderly and those with chronic kidney disease, and is often associated with a transvalvular gradient. In contrast to rheumatic mitral stenosis relatively little...

May 17th, 2020 - Image of the month: Rapidly evolving mitral stenosis: an unusual case of endocarditis.|2020|McBriar D,Kearney A,Cole B,|

May 11th, 2020 - Background Mitral stenosis (MS) is a narrowing of the inlet valve into the left ventricle that prevents proper filling during diastole. Patients with mitral stenosis typically have mitral valve leaflets that are thickened, commissures that are fus...

May 6th, 2020 - Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) is emerging as an alternative treatment strategy to surgery for patients with severe mitral annular calcification (MAC) who are not candidates for traditional mitral valve surgery. Paravalvular leak (P...

Mar 11th, 2019 - Patients with mitral stenosis and atrial fibrillation (Afib) did well on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for thromboembolic event prevention, retrospective data indicated. Individuals with both conditions who were using DOACs off-label had fewe...

Jun 26th, 2017 - NEW YORK – Repairing mitral valves in pediatric patients must overcome two issues: the wide variability in their anatomy and their growth. Using strategies and techniques common in adult mitral surgery can accomplish good mitral valve function in.

Nov 13th, 2016 - Editor's Note: The Case Challenge series includes difficult-to-diagnose conditions, some of which are not frequently encountered by most clinicians but are nonetheless important to accurately recognize. Test your diagnostic and treatment skills us...

Sep 2nd, 2015 - LONDON – Cardiologists’ auscultation skills in the detection of valvular murmurs are “alarmingly low,” Dr. Michael J.

Jun 22nd, 2004 - Summary 23 year old female presented with dyspnea on exertion, subsequently developing hemoptysis. (Enlarge Image) (Enlarge Image) What is the cardiac abnormality demonstrated in this case? Mitral Stenosis Cor Triatriatum Atrial Septal Defect Coar...