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 ...

30-year-old male with a history of rheumatic heart disease. Mitral stenosis was diagnosed 6 years prior to admission. Symptoms of dyspnea had progressed in the following years so that balloon mitral ...

The Abascal echocardiographic score, also known as the Wilkins score, was first described in 1990 as a means to predict the success of percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy (PBMV) in the setting of ...

Previous studies have shown that transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is superior to transthroracic echocardiography (TTE) when assessing the feasibility of mitral valve repair and predicting ...

More than three-quarters of patients who undergo percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (PMBV) for severe symptomatic rheumatic mitral stenosis will have good outcomes without the need for ...