She has mitral valve stenosis. When left atrial enlargement (LAE) occurs, it takes longer for cardiac action potentials to travel through the atrial myocardium, thus the P wave length becomes longer.

THE outlook for the patient with mitral stenosis in whom objective evidence of congestive heart failure or auricular fibrillation has already developed has generally been considered grave. Studies ...

One hundred and twenty patients with mitral stenosis were studied by combined catheterization. Thirty-five of these patients with pure mitral stenosis are the subject of this study. The diagnosis was ...

Most patients may not remember having Rheumatic Fever in their childhood. Doctors will be able to detect mitral stenosis on physical examination. Auscultation will show a loud first heart sound (S1) ...

Abbott reported new study findings supporting the use of its Tendyne transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with symptomatic moderate or severe rheumatic mitral stenosis before pregnancy had an increased risk for ...

Mitral valve can be either replaced or repaired in patients with moderate to severe valve stenosis. Repair can be done during cardiac catheterization. A balloon catheter is placed at the mitral valve ...

Changes in a murmur with respiration (inhalation) can help distinguish a right-sided murmur from its corresponding left-sided murmur. All right-sided murmurs increase with inspiration (Carvallo sign).

What Happens During Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery? Minimally invasive heart valve surgery is a type of surgery performed through smaller incisions. This type of surgery reduces blood loss, ...

All right-sided murmurs increase with inspiration (Carvallo sign). Many left-sided murmurs decrease with inspiration, but they may be very difficult to hear. Therefore, respiratory variation can help ...