Mr PC is a 58-year-old patient and has been regularly monitored for 2 years for severe asymptomatic AS. The patient also has hypertension, that is well-controlled by bisosprolol 2.5 mg. The patient ...

Ronald Wharton, MD: Greetings from the Bronx. This is Dr Ronald Wharton. I am a cardiologist at Montefiore Medical Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and I am sharing a case which I ...

Most patients may not remember having Rheumatic Fever in their childhood. Doctors will be able to detect mitral stenosis on physical examination. Auscultation will show a loud first heart sound (S1) ...

Mitral valve stenosis is a form of valvular heart disease. It occurs when there is a narrowing of the mitral valve, which restricts the flow of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle. Mitral ...

Ischemic mitral regurgitation is defined as mitral insufficiency that occurs as a result of coronary artery disease in the absence of intrinsic structural abnormalities of the mitral valve. Ischemic ...

Transesophageal echocardiography confirmed the presence of an atypical layer of tissue covering the left atrium (Figure 1C), along with mitral apparatus with mitral valve stenosis (Figure 1C and 1D), ...

Earlier studies have shown that echocardiographic indexes, such as the deceleration time of early transmitral flow, can predict prognosis in individuals with left-ventricular systolic dysfunction. An ...

In patients with heart failure doctors follow the New York Heart Association classification to establish the best treatment method. Patients are classified in four categories depending on their ...

Although balloon valvuloplasty is an accepted treatment for symptomatic moderate mitral stenosis, patients with asymptomatic disease are often managed with ‘watchful waiting’ alone. A new study ...

What Happens During Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery? Minimally invasive heart valve surgery is a type of surgery performed through smaller incisions. This type of surgery reduces blood loss, ...