Echocardiogram (Echo) is performed to confirm mitral stenosis. Size of the mitral valve and the chambers can be measured along with the pressure gradient across the valve and pulmonary artery.

Right heart catheterization (Table) showed severe PH and reduced cardiac index. A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed a hyperdynamic left ventricle, ejection fraction of 70%, severe right ...

Keywords: functional mitral stenosis, iatrogenic mitral stenosis, mitral valve repair surgery, intraoperative echocardiography, annuloplasty Citation: Shabsigh M, Lawrence C, Rosero-Britton BR, Kumar ...

A treadmill exercise echocardiogram is performed and her pulmonary artery systolic pressure increases to 70 mmHg. Her mitral valve is only mildly thickened and calcified with well preserved ...

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China Background: Rheumatic mitral stenosis (RMS) is a common valvular heart disease in developing countries ...