Two-dimensional echocardiography was performed in 10 children with congenital mitral stenosis to determine the mitral annular size and the morphology of the valve and subvalvular apparatus. The ...

Though rheumatic heart disease is a common cardiovascular disease in this part of the world, patients with left atrial spontaneous echo contrast have become a rarity now in developed nations.1 Left ...

Mitral stenosis is easily diagnosed with both M mode and 2D echocardiography. Using 2D cardiac ultrasound the anterior leaflet of the mitral valve, in the para sternal long axis view, often resembles ...

Read more: Heart Disease Statistics Diagnostic Workup. The diagnostic workup of mitral stenosis includes noninvasive approaches (for example, auscultation, electrocardiogram [ECG], chest imaging, ...

echocardiography; Mitral annular calcification is a chronic degenerative process, progressing with advancing age. It is more common in women and in people over 70 years old. 1– 3 As previously ...

Your echocardiogram report may say that there’s some ‘regurgitation’ or ‘stenosis’ at 1 or several of your heart’s valves, most commonly the mitral or aortic valves. Mitral valve regurgitation means ...

Mitral valve stenosis and mitral valve regurgitation are the two main types of mitral valve disease that can be serious if a person does not seek the appropriate treatment. ... echocardiogram; ...

A woman in her 20s presented with progressively worsening dyspnoea in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II and reduced exercise tolerance for the past 6 months. The patient had a history ...

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.