May 12, 2009 (Pordenone, Italy) — A new retrospective echocardiography study has shown, for the first time, that statins might reduce the progression of aortic-valve stenosis caused by rheumatic heart ...

At age 51, I was diagnosed with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. After a second round of tests, treatment was changed from open-heart surgery to balloon valvuloplasty. What can I do to help the ...

• The condition of predominant moderate aortic regurgitation could be ameliorated with the rheumatic mitral valve (MV) surgery. What is known and what is new? • During MV surgery, aortic valve ...

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume 2, Number 4, 2018, pp 439-446(8); DOI: https:/ / doi. org/ 10. 15212/ CVIA. 2017. 0027, researchers Yee-Ping Sun and Patrick ...

• Mitral valve repair remains a feasible option for appropriately selected rheumatic heart disease (RHD) patients requiring reintervention after prior percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy (PMBC) ...

Mitral valve stenosis is a form of valvular heart disease. It occurs when there is a narrowing of the mitral valve, which restricts the flow of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle. Mitral ...

The mitral valve is a flap of tissue that sits in the left side of the heart, between the left atrium and the left ventricle. It keeps blood flowing in the forward direction, from the atrium into the ...

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 ...

Q At age 51, I was diagnosed with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. After a second round of tests, treatment was changed from open-heart surgery to balloon valvuloplasty. What can I do to help the ...