Cardiac arrhythmias - mostly occur in aortic regurgitation, and mitral stenosis. A heart rate that is above 100 beats per minute in adults is called tachycardia and a heart rate that is below 60 ...

Mitral stenosis is a common disease that causes substantial morbidity worldwide. The disease is most prevalent in developing countries, but is increasingly being identified in an atypical form in ...

Another important patient group that can be high risk for operative intervention includes those with degenerative prosthetic mitral valves or annuloplasty rings. The major cause of bioprosthetic ...

and December 06, 2001 0 History A 68-year-old female with rheumatic mitral stenosis who underwent mitral valve replacement (Carbomedics 29-mm bileaflet valve) required reoperation for bleeding.

2.1 Mitral valve replacement is where an artificial prosthetic valve (bioprosthetic or mechanical) is inserted by open heart surgery. It is most commonly done for severe symptomatic mitral ...

Mitral valve stenosis (MVS) is a form of valvular heart disease that can occur when the mitral valve opening becomes narrow, stiff, and unable to fully open to allow the blood to flow through.

Case 2. On October 9, 1968, A.D., a 48-year-old woman, was operated on for mitral re-Stenosis. The mitral valve was found to be stenotic and severely calcified. It was replaced by a No. 31 Cooley ...

B, Continuous-wave transmitral Doppler tracing across the prosthetic mitral stenosis. We can observe a nondegenerative thickening of the ventricular side of the posterior leaflets of the mitral ...

Prosthetic aortic valves are often required for patients with aortic stenosis. The optimal choice of valve in middle-aged patients is not clear and the available options all have drawbacks ...

Mitral valve replacement is where an artificial prosthetic valve (bioprosthetic or mechanical) is inserted by open heart surgery. It is most commonly done for severe symptomatic mitral regurgitation ...