ALLMedicine™ Mitral Stenosis Center

Jul 21st, 2021 - Mitral annular calcium (MAC) is a common finding in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and may be associated with mitral stenosis (MAC-MS). Their impact on post-TAVI outcomes remains controversial. We sought to asse...

Jul 20th, 2021 - A 23-year-old young woman with a known history of valvular heart disease of rheumatic origin, post balloon mitral valvotomy 5 years ago, presented with fever, palpitations and breathlessness. ECG showed atrial fibrillation with fast ventricular ra...

Jul 18th, 2021 - Another Brick in the Wall: Percutaneous Balloon Valvuloplasty for Flow-Limiting Mitral Stenosis in Patient With LVAD.|2021|Boretto P,Vairo A,Cusenza V,Alunni G,Frea S,|

Jul 16th, 2021 - Hemoptysis is a common presenting feature of tuberculosis, pulmonary parenchymal malignancy, bronchiectasis, or a cardiac pathology as mitral stenosis. Relevant clinical history, physical examination, laboratory investigations, and radiology usual...

Jul 15th, 2021 - Ibutilide is indicated for acute cardioversion of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). However, its efficacy and safety in the pharmacological cardioversion of rheumatic AF are unknown. Patients with mild-to-moderate rheumatic mitral valve (MV) d...

Oct 16th, 2018 - A new clinical entity termed Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ESUS) was recently introduced by the Cryptogenic Stroke/ESUS International Working Group, which describes stroke patients for whom the source of embolism remains undetected despit...

Sep 9th, 2018 - Patients with Mitral stenosis that admitted in Assiut University hospital -Cardiovascular Department for doing Percutaneous Mitral Commissurotomy Will undergo Trans-esophageal echo and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for detection of left atrial Thromb...

Sep 24th, 2017 - Recently published work has suggested that mitral valve annuloplasty ring type may affect the development of post-repair mitral stenosis resulting in adverse intracardiac hemodynamics and poor functional status. However, these results have not bee...

Sep 27th, 2016 - This project is a 5 years prospective,observational,longitudinal registration study on clinical surgical and interventional treatment of structural heart disease.Firstly,patients with structural heart disease, whom received surgical,interventional...

Sep 22nd, 2015 - Atrial fibrillation (AF), classified as nonvalvular (NVAF) in the absence of rheumatic mitral stenosis or valvular prosthesis,is the most common arrhythmia, with an estimated prevalence of 1.5-2%. AF is associated with a greater risk of arterial t...

Mar 18th, 2021 - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a draft guideline on the management of heart valve disease in adults. Here is a summary of the key recommendations: Referral Consider echocardiogram for adults with murmur ...

Sep 10th, 2020 - Some patients with "valvular" atrial fibrillation (AF) and stroke-risk scores low enough for oral anticoagulation (OAC) not to be indicated may actually face enough thromboembolic risk to justify the lifelong therapy, a new report suggests. The co...

Sep 11th, 2019 - Exposure to fluoroquinolone antibiotics is linked to a heightened risk of left-sided valvular regurgitation, analysis of adverse event reporting data showed. Fluoroquinolones overall held a significant 45% higher likelihood of valvular regurgitati...

May 30th, 2019 - Explanation The correct answer is cyanosis. Reduced excursion of the mitral leaflets during diastole is shown in the apical four-chamber view (Figure 1). The color Doppler image (Figure 2) shows turbulent flow entering the left ventricle during di...

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...