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| | Mitral stenosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The treatment options for mitral stenosis include medical management, surgical replacement of the valve, and percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty. | | | In individuals with mitral stenosis, the pressure in the left atrium correlates with the severity of the mitral stenosis. | | | Percutaneous balloon dilatation of the mitral valve: an analysis of echocardiographic variables related to outcome and the mechanism of dilatation. |
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| | The Relief of Mitral Stenosis: An Historic Step in Cardiac Surgery - The Texas Heart Institute Award for Undergraduate ... |
| | Mitral valve surgery (especially for the relief of mitral stenosis) has paralleled the innovations and trends of cardiac surgery and often has served as the benchmark of the latest procedures and techniques. | | | A chronological survey of mitral valve surgery is presented, with emphasis on parallels to cardiac surgery in general and with highlights of key figures and events that have conclusively altered the surgeon's approach to and success with cardiac dysfunction. | | | Gradual improvement in surgical technique and growing knowledge of valve function enabled the re-emergence of mitral valve repair in the 1980s as the preferred surgical method of treating mitral stenosis. |
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| | Postgraduate Medicine: Valvular heart disease |
| | Indications for valve surgery in asymptomatic patients with aortic and mitral stenosis. | | | Mitral valve repair may be feasible in up to 70% of patients referred for surgery (6). | | | Aortic stenosis must be thought of as a surgical disease, since there are few medical alternatives to surgery and no medical treatments that positively affect survival. |
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| | Mitral stenosis |
| | Mitral stenosis is usually controllable with treatment and improved with valvuloplasty or surgery. | | | Mitral stenosis prevents the valve from opening properly and obstructs the blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle. | | | Taking anticoagulation medication as prescribed is very important because mitral stenosis tends to produce both cerebral and peripheral emboli (blood clots in the brain and extremities), which can cause severely disabling and/or life-threatening complications like stroke. |
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| | Mitral valve stenosis |
| | Mitral valve stenosis — or mitral stenosis — is a condition in which the heart's mitral valve is narrowed. | | | Mitral regurgitation is a condition in which the mitral valve doesn't close tightly. | | | For example, some infants are born with a mitral valve in which the leaflets of the valve are fused together. |
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| | Mitral Valve Stenosis -- Surgery |
| | Balloon valvotomy (percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy) is the method of choice for treating mitral valve stenosis in select patients. | | | If medications are not effective in controlling your symptoms of mitral valve stenosis or your doctor determines that you need more aggressive treatment, you may need surgery to repair or replace your mitral valve. | | | Mitral valves that are still in fairly good condition. |
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| | Diseases of the Mitral Valve - Texas Heart Institute Heart Information Center |
| | Mitral regurgitation is usually caused by conditions that weaken or damage the valve. | | | Mitral stenosis may eventually lead to heart failure, stroke, or blood clots to various parts of the body. | | | Some patients say they feel palpitations (like their heart is skipping a beat) or sharp chest pain. |
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| | Heart Info - Mitral Valve Stenosis |
| | In mitral valve stenosis, the mitral valve leaflets are fused together by scar tissue, gradually narrowing the valve and slowing the flow of blood from the left atrium to the left ventricle. | | | Diagnosis is based on the medical history including symptoms, existence of a characteristic murmur upon examination of the heart, and echocardiography (an ultrasound study of the heart valves and muscle). | | | This usually involves open heart surgery in which the surgeon tries to separate the fused leaflets either manually or with a surgical knife. |
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| | Mitral Stenosis |
| | In eight patients features of mitral valve anatomy were observed and described during cardiac surgery and in one child the anatomy was verified by postmortem examination. | | | In contrast to isolated congenital infantile valvular aortic stenosis, a condition in which the valve leaflets are often primitive and deformed, aortic valvotomy and/or subsequent valve replacement are not necessary, resulting in a better long-term prognosis. | | | In one patient with congenital mitral valve stenosis, a thick mitral valve with two papillary muscles was imaged. |
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| | Mitral Stenosis |
| | Mitral Valvulotomy â“ A surgical cut or enlargement is made in the stenotic mitral valve to relieve the obstruction. | | | Mitral Valve Replacement â“ This is the surgical replacement of a defective heart valve. | | | The doctor may be alerted to mitral stenosis by the following: |
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| | eMedicine - Mitral Stenosis, Congenital : Article by M Silvana Horenstein, MD |
| | Commissurotomy consists of an incision of fused mitral valve commissures and shaving of thickened mitral valve leaflets. | | | Mechanical mitral valve replacement in a small infant or child is a high-risk procedure and carries a guarded prognosis. | | | Divide fused chordae tendineae and papillary muscles to relieve subvalvular stenosis. |
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| | The Atrioventricular Valves - Mitral Stenosis |
| | In the setting of previous mitral valve commissurotomy, however, caution should be exercised. | | | Traditional approaches for the calculation of mitral valve area involve cardiac catheterization. | | | Over a longer period, the fibrotic tissue may calcify and eventually the valve becomes a funnel- shaped structure that impedes blood flow as much by its rigidity as by actual stenosis of the orifice. |
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| | Clinical Trial: Balloon Valvuloplasty Registry |
| | Major issues needed to be addressed prior to general acceptance of this therapy for both aortic and mitral stenosis and for operative and nonoperative candidates. | | | Initial attempts at aortic balloon valvuloplasty were, therefore, undertaken in patients who were not surgical candidates; these initial efforts in a small number of patients, coming as they did in the wake of abandoned surgical attempts, were surprisingly successful in reducing gradients and increasing valve area without complications such as embolism or significant regurgitation. | | | In addition, there are a number of patients with aortic stenosis who are not candidates for aortic valve replacement because of unacceptable operative risks who might be dramatically improved by balloon valvuloplasty. |
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| | MITRAL STENOSIS |
| | Treatment: Treatment of mitral stenosis depends on how well your mitral valve is working. | | | Very clear pictures of your mitral valve and the blood flowing through it can be taken because the transducer is so close to your heart. | | | The endocardium is the inner lining of the heart muscle. |
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| | Adult Health Advisor 2005.2: Mitral Valve Stenosis |
| | You should speak to your physician or make an appointment to be seen if you have questions or concerns about this information or your medical condition. | | | Tell all other health care providers you see that you have mitral valve stenosis. | | | Calcium may be deposited in the valve, making it hard and stiff rather than flexible. |
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http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/aha/aha_mitralvs_car.htm
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| | Healthopedia.com - Mitral Stenosis |
| | A person with mitral stenosis may live a lifetime with no problems. | | | This "tight" valve obstructs the flow of blood within the heart. | | | You are here : Healthopedia.com > Medical Encyclopedia > Diseases and Conditions > Mitral Stenosis |
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| | Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Mitral valve stenosis |
| | Procedures available to treat mitral valve stenosis, whether medical or surgical, all produce effective results. | | | "Opening Mitral Valves Without Surgery." Harvard Heart Letter 6 (November 1995):5+. | | | Mitral valve stenosis can also be present at birth. |
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| | Mitral Valve Stenosis -- Overview |
| | Mitral valve stenosis is a heart condition in which the mitral valve fails to open as wide as it should. | | | Although it has no immediate effect on health, eventually mitral valve stenosis can cause irregular heartbeats and possibly heart failure or other complications, including stroke, heart infection, pulmonary edema, and blood clots. | | | See an illustration of an open and closed mitral valve |
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| | Yale Atlas of Echo-Mitral stenosis |
| | The information provided here is intended for medical professionals, and is not a substitute for accredited medical education programs, or a substitute for medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. | | | Symptomatic mitral stenosis readily occurs when the valve area falls below 1.4 cm sq. | | | The normal mitral valve has a valve area in excess of 4 cm sq. |
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http://info.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/echo_atlas/entities/mitral_stenosis.html
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL--SECOND HOME EDITION, Mitral Stenosis in Ch. 28, Heart Valve Disorders |
| | Typically, when rheumatic fever is the cause of mitral stenosis, the mitral valve cusps are partially fused together. | | | Two conditions unrelated to mitral stenosis can produce the same effects as the stenosis. | | | Severe mitral stenosis may result in high blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension) and a low level of oxygen in the blood. |
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| | Mitral Valve Stenosis -- What Increases Your Risk |
| | Any condition that scars the valves, such as endocarditis, may lead to mitral valve stenosis. | | | However, these conditions usually increase the likelihood of mitral valve regurgitation rather than stenosis. | | | Fortunately, mitral valve stenosis can be treated, and few people die from it. |
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| | Mitral stenosis review! - The Doctors Lounge(TM) |
| | Guidelines to focus on atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery | | | If severe symptoms not responding to medical therapy consider surgery with commissurotomy, MVR or balloon valvuloplasty. | | | Causes of mitral valve stenosis include rheumatic fever, congenital mitral stenosis, myxoma, prosthetic valves and valve calcificification. |
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| | mitral valve disease,heart matters |
| | IN PATIENTS 60 TO 70 YEARS OF AGE WITHOUT CORONARY DISEASE, SURVIVAL AFTER MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT IS SIMILAR TO THAT AFTER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUGGEST MECHANICAL VALVES MAY BE PREFERABLE,AS IT IS IN ALL PATIENTS LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE. | | | MEDIAN SURVIVAL FOR MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT IN THE 60 AND 70 YEARS OLD GROUPS IS 11 YEARS IF THER IS NO CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE,BUT ONLY 5.5 YEARS IF CORONARY ARTERY BY PASS HAS TO BE PERFRMED.OTHER FACTORS BEING EQUAL,TISSUE VALVES APPEAR MOST APPROPRITE FOR MITRAL VALVE PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE OVER AGE 60. | | | Click to view the Mitral valve homograft movies. |
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| | Introduction: Mitral stenosis - WrongDiagnosis.com |
| | Treatments for Mitral stenosis: Various information is available about treatments available for Mitral stenosis, or research treatments for other diseases. | | | Researching symptoms of Mitral stenosis: Further information about the symptoms of Mitral stenosis is available including a list of symptoms of Mitral stenosis, other diseases that might have similar symptoms in differential diagnosis of Mitral stenosis, or alternatively return to research other symptoms in the symptom center. | | | Misdiagnosis and Mitral stenosis: Research more detailed information about misdiagnosis of Mitral stenosis, underlying causes of Mitral stenosis (possibly misdiagnosed), or research misdiagnosis of other diseases. |
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| | Mitral Stenosis -- eCureMe.com |
| | (MS), it cannot open completely (stenosis), forcing the blood to flow through a narrowed opening, and causing many problems for the pumping heart, such as | | | The mitral valve, one of four heart valves separating the chambers (cavities) of the heart, has a set of flaps that open and close, allowing the blood to flow from the upper chamber (left atrium) to the lower chamber (left ventricle). |
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| | Heart Valves |
| | The mitral valve is between the left atrium and left ventricle. |
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| | Yale: Cardiothoracic Imaging - Mitral stenosis |
| | Mitral stenosis generally creates a characteristic configuration dominated by enlargement of the left atrium. |
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