... ventricle and right atrium were normal and the pacemaker lead was confirmed as inserted normally The aortic valve was tricuspid and showed some calcification with mild stenosisandregurgitation ... shadowing (Figures 1a and 2a) On Doppler colour flow mapping, moderate to severe mitralregurgitation was seen in the left atrium, but no obstruction to the diastolic transmitral flow was found ... showed a smaller round mass with calcified walls and a smaller internal anechogenic area as a result of the drainage (Figures 1b and 2b) Trivial mitralregurgitation was seen (Figure 3b) The patient...
... aortic stenosisand grade II aortic regurgitation was noted in addition to severe infundibular and annular stenosis with confluent branch pulmonary arteries (Figure 3A) Non calcific severe mitralstenosis ... fusion and thickening of the sub-valvular apparatus was noted The mitral valve area was 1.1 cm2 There was no mitralregurgitation The peak and mean gradients across the valve were 36 and 21 mmHg ... sound and an apical opening snap Additional findings included ejection systolic and early diastolic murmurs at the left sternal border and a mid-diastolic Figure coronary cusp (Vrcc and showing mitral...
... NICVD, Dhaka Rheumatic mitral valvular heart disease • In the setting of mitral stenosis, increased transmitral gradient results in an elevation of left atrial pressure and then its backward transmission ... patients with mitralstenosis despite nearly similar mitral valve area • A linear relationship does not exist between the left atrial pressure and valve orifice or between left atrial pressure and pulmonary ... discuss some of the basic aspects of Cn and its implications in the management of rheumatic mitralstenosis Outline • • • • • • • • Background Rheumatic mitral valvular heart disease Concept of...
... diameter, and short length between its origin and its bifurcation and between the bifurcation and the take-off of vertebral artery [6] In addition it is sometimes difficult to negotiate a very tight stenosis ... anaesthesia and are associated with shorter hospital stay The vascular patency rates reported in different studies are variable and there are no randomised trials comparing endovascular and open ... atherosclerotic SAT stenosis was treated with anatomic bypass between aortic arch and innominate, carotid and subclavian arteries Graft patency was good but perioperative mortality and stroke rates...
... subglottic stenosis Treatment success (%) defined as the avoidance of more invasive procedures Recorded complications Effect modification by age and the severity of subglottic stenosis as ... unquestionably simpler and less invasive than tracheostomy and LTR to which it might be compared As a result, any measurable success of EBD can still be considered important and useful ... Subglottic & tracheal stenosis: narrowing of the airway congenital or acquired (after endotracheal intubation) Hoarseness, stridor, exercise intolerance and respiratory distress No...
... Chile such as stroke and transient ischaemic attacks, and severe valvular regurgitation and/ or stenosis requiring surgery The literature on mitral valve surgery for mitralregurgitation (MR) caused ... a clear description of MR etiology and/ or mitral valve pathology In addition, cases of mitral valve surgery for mitralstenosis (MS) (4 cases) or combined MR and MS (11 cases) caused by LS endocarditis ... and asymptomatic, but can lead to serious complications, such as superimposed bacterial endocarditis, thromboembolic events, and valvular regurgitation and/ or stenosis requiring surgery The mitral...
... enlargement and severe mitralregurgitation (Figure 2) The mechanism of the mitralregurgitation was secondary to ischemia from the acute MI Although the mitral valve leaflets and subvalvular apparatus ... left atrium was then opened to expose the mitral valve Mitral valve annuloplasty was performed using a saddle ring After testing to show no further mitral regurgitation, his left atrium was closed ... was opened and excluded with closure of the coronary ostium within After mitral valve repair and revascularization, transesophageal echocardiographic assessment determined that the mitral valve...
... evaluate the effect of general anesthesia on mitralregurgitation using color Doppler imaging in dogs with experimentally induced mitralregurgitation Materials and Methods Animals Eight adult, conditioned ... microfilaria and had thoracic radiographs and echocardiograms The experimental protocol was approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee at Seoul National University Creation of mitralregurgitation ... Quantification of mitralregurgitation using PISA method in dogs was digitized, and the time-velocity integral of the regurgitant jet was computed The cross-sectional areas of the mitraland aortic...
... These findings suggested mitral valvular stenosis or regurgitation due to valvular defect Lung sound was normal Six lead electrocardiograph showed P mitrale (0.06 sec) and P pulmonale (0.05 mV) ... enlargement in ECG and thoracic radiography and characteristic turbulent flow at mitral annular plane in echocardiogram indicated the mitral valvular endocardiosis Treatment and follow-up To reduce ... arterial lesions and myocardial infarcts Mitral valve prolapse in Cavalier King Charles Spaniel: A review and case study in the dog; A pathological and microangiographic study Acta Vet Scand (Suppl)...
... literature and drafted the manuscript SS and MP performed the echocardiographic studies and participated in the design of the case report RS and CS performed the operation described BR and DC confirmed ... echocardiography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography months after surgery revealed an almost complete resolution of the pre-existing hematoma (Figures and 5, Additional files and 5) Figure ... atrial thrombus resection and concomitant mitral valve replacement - case report Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011 6:50 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage...
... echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) with the gold standards of surgical findings and pathological examination Materials and methods Patients and clinical characteristics ... mean ± standard deviation, with accounts and percentages as categorical variables Differences between groups were analyzed using the chisquare test TTE and TEE accuracy, and sensitivity and specificity ... ultrasound shows marked thickening of mitral valve leaves and non-uniform, non-uniform echo dense and valve prolapse The arrow indicates the site of chordae rupture andmitral valve prolapse Wu et al...
... CRT-D: Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy with Defibrillator; MVR: Mitral Valve Replacement; MS: Mitral valve Stenosis; MR: Mitral valve Regurgitation; LVDd: Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Diameter; ... time of admission, her body weight and height was 33.0 kg and 143.0 cm The chest X-ray revealed significant increases in cardio-thoracic ratio (CTR) (70.6%) and pulmonary congestion Echocardiogram ... normal), and reduced LVEF LVEF was also measured by a cardiac MRI, and was estimated to be 23.7% Serum BNP was again elevated at 448.4 pg/ml Her ECG showed widened QRS duration of 174 msec and complete...
... invasive mitral valve surgery with favorable results Preoperatively, the present patient had chronic atrial fibrillation, and the other two had paroxysmal atrial fibrillation andmitralregurgitation ... patients undergoing the transseptal approach and left atriotomy through the interatrial groove (6% versus 2.3%, respectively) [5] On the other hand, Légaré and colleagues showed that there was no ... arrhythmias and permanent pacemaker insertion among the approaches through left atrial dome, interatrial groove, and atrial septum in 131 patients [6] We performed minimally invasive mitral valve...
... further mitral valve surgery Surgical techniques for mitral valve repair in patients with ischemic mitralregurgitation have been described by others [13,14] Functional ischemic mitralregurgitation ... suggestions JYS and WLM had helped in gathering patient information and performed graphic measurements XLQ and LLL performed graphics and tables and added comments to the paper All authors read and approved ... pressure; MR = mitral regurgitation; SD = standard deviation.; reoperation, and left main disease were not found to be significant prognostic factors Discussion Although the results of mitral repair...
... preload and afterload (systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance for aortic andmitral valve, respectively) which significantly affects the grade of regurgitation, h) the coexistence of mitraland ... Conclusion In patients with mitral valve regurgitation MRI has an established role in the assessment of LV size and function andmitralregurgitation severity With the addition of mitral valve mapping, ... Tricuspid regurgitation in patients with acquired, chronic, pure mitralregurgitation I Prevalence, diagnosis, and comparison of preoperative clinical and memodynamic features in patients with and...
... increased and LV volume index had not changed between months after (16.6% and 180.6 ml/m2, respectively) and years after (36.5% and 173.7 ml/m2, respectively) the SAVE procedure Although single and ... Septal Anterior Ventricular Exclusion; MS: mitral valve stenosis; MR: mitral valve regurgitation; LVDd: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; MVR: mitral valve replacement; LVFS: left ventricular ... emergently We replaced a 23 mm diameter St Jude Medical mechanical valve and tied up and patched the thin area of her anterior IVS and anterior LV wall with a sheet of patch after a close examination...
... provided pre-operative care and primary author BRW: Cardiologist, provided pre-operative care and advice during the manuscript writing process MK: Assisted in writing and preparing manuscript OL: ... repair and provided advice during the manuscript writing process All authors have read and approve the final manuscript Competing interests OML discloses that he has served as a consultant and received ... DP, Passik CS, Marshalko SJ, Koullias GJ: Early bioprosthetic mitral valve “pseudostenosis” after complete preservation of the native mitral apparatus Ann Thorac Surg 2002, 74:1689-91 Bonow RO,...
... valvular regurgitation There was mild mitral valvular regurgitation Our patient was hospitalized in another facility 14 days before presenting to the emergency department of our hospital, and was ... hospital, and was found to have Candida parapsilosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa endocarditis A 2D echocardiogram was done there and showed vegetation of the prosthetic mitral valve, with normal aortic ... and to prevent use of the intravenous access for illicit drug use At day of hospitalization, he underwent aortic andmitral valve replacement Cultures from the valves also grew P aeruginosa and...