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Systemic to pulmonary bronchial blood flow in mitral stenosis.

We measured systemic to pulmonary bronchial blood flow [Qbr(s-p)] during total cardiopulmonary bypass in 15 patients with mitral stenosis and elevated pulmonary venous pressure (group A, mean pulmonary wedge pressure = 22.2 +/- 5.4 mm Hg, mean +/- SD) and in 15 patients with coronary artery diseases and normal pulmonary venous pressure (group B). Qbr(s-p) is the volume of blood accumulating in the left side of the heart in the absence of pulmonary and coronary flows. This blood was vented through a cannula introduced into the left atrium and measured. Qbr(s-p) was 76.3 +/- 13.9 ml/min (2.18 +/- 0.37 percent of extracorporeal circulation pump flow) and 22.3 +/- 2.1 (0.63 +/- 0.15) in group A and B, respectively (p less than 0.01). During total cardiopulmonary bypass, pulmonary venous pressure is approximately atmospheric pressure, and no differences in systemic blood pressure, extracorporeal circulation pump flow, and airways pressure were observed between group A and B. Therefore, vascular resistance through the bronchial vessels draining into the pulmonary circulation is reduced in patients with mitral stenosis and elevated pulmonary venous pressure.

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Percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty for rheumatic mitral stenosis associated with cor triatriatum.

A patient with rheumatic mitral stenosis associated with cor triatriatum is described. The anomalies were detected by two-dimensional echocardiography and confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography. Percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty was successfully performed with the inoue technique. The clinical and technical implications during the procedure of this previously unreported association are discussed.

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[Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy in managing rheumatic mitral stenosis].

From April 1987 to October 1989, 32 patients with mitral stenosis (MS) were treated, of whom percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) was performed in 14. PTMC was indicated by the surgeons in 5 patients including 1) 2 patients who refused reoperation, 2) one with early gastric cancer, 3) one with severe hyperthyroidism and cardiac cachexia, and 4) one with acute renal failure and aortic stenosis. In the other 9 patients, PTMC was indicated by the cardiologists, because it is less invasive. Thirteen patients underwent open mitral commissurotomy (OMC) and 5 patients were treated with mitral valve replacement (MVR). PTMC group: Symptoms were alleviated in 10 of 14. The mitral valve areas (MVA) changed from 1.03 +/- 0.47 cm2 to 1.90 +/- 0.67 cm2 (p < 0.001), and the mean pressure gradient between the left atrium and left ventricle decreased from 10.2 +/- 3.6 mmHg to 4.9 +/- 1.7 mmHg (p < 0.001). No significant mitral valve regurgitation (MR) was induced by PTMC. OMC group: Symptomatic improvement was observed in all patients. The MVA changed from 1.54 +/- 0.46 cm2 to 3.06 +/- 1.34 cm2 (p < 0.001) and the mean left atrial pressures were reduced from 17.6 +/- 7.8 mmHg to 10.5 +/- 4.2 mmHg (p < 0.001). MVR group: There was one hospital death, and the other 4 patients were discharged with satisfactory results. It is concluded that although PTMC has been routinely performed for mild cases, this method is also very helpful in treating patients having various complications which impede open heart surgery.

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Partial type of common atrioventricular canal defect associated with mitral stenosis.

We report a 63-year-old woman, with a partial type of common atrioventricular canal and mitral stenosis, who was hospitalized because of dyspnea on exertion. Two-dimensional echocardiogram showed an ostium primum atrial septal defect with two well-formed AV valves located at the same level. However, both anterior and posterior mitral leaflets were markedly thickened with a thickened subvalvular apparatus, and the commisures were fused. Echocardiographic measurements demonstrated a mitral valve area of 1.48 cm2 with mild mitral regurgitation. Cardiac catheterization demonstrated mild pulmonary artery hypertension with a large left to right shunt (72%) at the atrial level. The combination of the partial type of common atrioventricular canal and mitral stenosis is rare; only one similar case has been reported previously in the literature.

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Hemodynamic response to exercise after propranolol in patients with mitral stenosis.

Hemodynamic response to exercise before and 10 minutes after propranolol (5 mg intravenously) was studied in 10 young patients with pure mitral stenosis who had normal sinus rhythm and no cardiac failure. After propranolol the mean heart rate and cardiac index at rest were lower than during the control state (respectively, 95 +/- 4 versus 82 +/- 3 beats/min, P less than 0.005; 3.4 +/- 0.2 versus 2.8 +/- 0.1 liters/min per m2, P less than 0.025). As a result, the mean pulmonary wedge pressure and mean mitral valve gradient at rest were lower (respectively, 22 +/- 2 versus 18 +/- 2 mm Hg, P less than 0.005; 24 +/- 2 versus 17 +/- 2 mm Hg, P less than 0.001). During exercise after propranolol the values of pulmonary wedge pressure and mitral valve gradient were lower than control values during exercise (respectively, 39 +/- 3 versus 30 +/- 2 mm Hg, P less than 0.005; 44 +/- 3 versus 32 +/- 3 mm Hg, P less than 0.005), again because of the lower heart rate and cardiac index (130 +/- 6 versus 104 +/- 6 beats/min, P less than 0.001; 4.6 +/- 3 versus 3.7 +/- 2 liters/min per m2, P less than 0.01). Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and stroke index showed no significant changes. Thus, propranolol may benefit patients with pure mitral stenosis with sinus rhythm and no cardiac failure whose symptoms occur during those reversible conditions characterized by an increase in heart rate or cardiac output, or both.

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Percutaneous balloon versus surgical closed commissurotomy for mitral stenosis. A prospective, randomized trial.

BACKGROUND: We performed a prospective, randomized trial comparing percutaneous balloon commissurotomy with surgical closed commissurotomy in 40 patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. METHODS AND RESULTS: Data were analyzed by investigators who were masked to treatment assignment or phase of study. Patients randomized to balloon (n = 20) or surgical (n = 20) commissurotomy had severe mitral stenosis without significant baseline differences (left atrial pressure, 26.1 +/- 4.2 versus 27.6 +/- 6.2 mm Hg; mitral valve gradient, 18.0 +/- 4.2 versus 19.7 +/- 6.3 mm Hg; mitral valve area, 1.0 +/- 0.2 versus 1.0 +/- 0.4 cm2, respectively). At 1-week follow-up after balloon commissurotomy, pulmonary wedge pressure was 14.3 +/- 7.2 mm Hg; mitral valve gradient was 9.6 +/- 5.1 mm Hg; and mitral valve area was 1.6 +/- 0.6 cm2 (all p less than 0.0001). At 1-week follow-up after surgical closed commissurotomy, wedge pressure was 13.7 +/- 5.4 mm Hg; mitral valve gradient was 9.4 +/- 4.2 mm Hg (both p less than 0.0001); and mitral valve area was 1.6 +/- 0.7 cm2 (p less than 0.003). At 8-month follow-up, improvement occurred in both groups: Mitral valve area was 1.6 +/- 0.6 cm2 in the balloon commissurotomy group (p less than 0.002) and was 1.8 +/- 0.6 cm2 in the surgical closed commissurotomy group (p less than 0.0001). There was no difference between the groups at 1-week or 8-month follow-up (all p greater than 0.4). One case of severe mitral regurgitation occurred in each group; complications were otherwise related to transseptal catheterization. There was no death, stroke, or myocardial infarction. Cost analysis revealed that balloon commissurotomy may substantially exceed the cost of surgical commissurotomy in developing countries, whereas it may represent a significant savings in industrialized nations. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that percutaneous balloon commissurotomy and surgical closed commissurotomy result in comparable hemodynamic improvement that is sustained through 8 months of follow-up.

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[Reoperation after open mitral commissurotomy for mitral stenosis].

Between 1975 and 1993, 16 of 95 patients who received open mitral commissurotomy for mitral stenosis required reoperation for recurrent mitral lesions with a mean duration of 11 years after the initial operation at Kawasaki Medical School Hospital. The mitral lesions necessitating reoperation involved restenosis in eight, stenoinsufficiency in six and regurgitation in two. In 13 patients, mitral commissure was well separated, and the mitral restenosis and regurgitation were caused by progressions of valvular and subvalvular lesions. Significant tricuspid valve regurgitation was also seen in nine patients, and in seven out of eight patients who were in NYHA functional class III or IV, tricuspid regurgitation of grade 3 was observed. The combined tricuspid regurgitation aggravated the patient's symptoms and became a major risk factor of the reoperation after open mitral commissurotomy.

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Cor triatriatum sinister, not mitral stenosis, in an adult with previous Sydenham's chorea: diagnosis and preoperative assessment by cross sectional echocardiography.

In cor triatriatum sinister, one of the rarest congenital cardiac anomalies, a membrane divides the left atrium into a pulmonary venous component above and the vestibule below. The importance of the anomaly lies in the effects of the resultant pulmonary venous obstruction that usually present in the first year of life and can mimic obstructed total anomalous venous drainage or congenital mitral stenosis. A case presented as mitral stenosis in the third decade of life, ten years after a well documented episode of Sydenham's chorea. The diagnosis was made rapidly by transthoracic echocardiography and transoesophageal echocardiography was used for complete assessment. Cardiac catheterisation added nothing to the non-invasive diagnosis or the preoperative assessment. Uncomplicated corrective surgery was undertaken.

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Left ventricular hydatid cyst with myocardial infarction in a patient with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis.

Cardiac echinococcosis is rare, and the most serious of all hydatid infestations. We report a case of 30-year-old female who had a hydatid cyst, myocardial infarction and severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. Following mitral valvotomy, the hydatid cyst and the left ventricular aneurysm were totally excised under cardiopulmonary bypass. The patient was discharged on the post-operative day 15 with the advice to continue albendazole for 5 years.

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[Intracardiac hemodynamic characteristics in high-degree mitral stenosis and an assessment of the indications for its surgical treatment].

The data from the right cardiac catheterization, echocardiography M-type and radiocardiography were juxtaposed in 54 patients with "pure" or predominating severe mitral stenosis (MS)(mitral valvular opening under 1 cm2)--confirmed at operation, in the determination of their functional and hemodynamic characteristics. The patients were grouped into three groups depending on the degree of pulmonary--capillary pressure increase (PC)--greater than 2.666, greater than 3.999 and 4.132 kPa(greater than 20, greater than 30 and less than 31 mmHg). The first group covering 28 per cent of the patients with a mean PC--2,399 +/- 0.257 kPa = (18 +/- 1.93 mmHg) are of particular interest. A light to moderate increase of pulmonary arterial pressure, elevated TPVR, absence of right ventricular insufficiency with reduced M. V SI resp. were established in them. It was assessed as a group with hypovolemia and proper preoperation preparation but requiring attention as regards the eventual hypotension, intra- or post operation. The third group covers 22 per cent of the patients and is characterized with increased TPVR, high hypertension in pulmonary artery, elevated telediastolic pressure in right ventricle and normal or lightly increased MO, assessed as a group with an inadequate diuretic therapy pre-operatively. The second group is with typical hemodynamic characteristics of severe MS and includes 50 per cent of the patients. The analysis forces the conclusion, that for an adequate evaluation of hemodynamics and MS severity, the PC pressure is necessary to be always discussed in connection with blood volume and flow, as well as with the other hemodynamic indices, in order to avoid the omissions as regards MS operability.

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Percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy for patients with mitral stenosis. Analysis of factors influencing early results.

Percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy has recently been developed as an alternative to surgical commissurotomy for patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis. We analyzed our initial experience with 60 consecutive procedures performed in 49 patients over 1 1/2 years and identified factors influencing the immediate hemodynamic results. For the total patient population, the mitral valve area increased after percutaneous mitral valvotomy from 0.8 +/- 0.04 to 1.6 +/- 0.11 cm2 (p less than 0.001). Mean diastolic mitral gradient fell from 18 +/- 1 to 7 +/- 0.4 mm Hg (p less than 0.001), and cardiac output increased from 3.8 +/- 0.2 to 4.5 +/- 0.2 L/min (p less than 0.01). Although percutaneous mitral valvotomy resulted in an increase in mitral valve area in each patient, a suboptimal result, as defined by a postprocedure mitral valve area of 1.0 cm2 or less, an increase in area of 25% or less, or a final mitral gradient of 10 mm Hg or more occurred in 21 of the 60 procedures (35%). Multivariate analysis of 16 variables was performed to determine which factors might predict this result. Patients with a suboptimal result were more likely to have severe valve leaflet thickening or immobility and an extreme degree of subvalvular thickening and calcification on echocardiogram. Other factors that predicted a suboptimal result were a smaller effective balloon dilating area and the presence of atrial fibrillation. Thus optimal immediate hemodynamic results can be obtained in the majority of patients undergoing percutaneous mitral valvotomy. Optimal results may be expected in patients in normal sinus rhythm, with pliable mitral leaflets, and with no severe subvalvular disease identified by echocardiography, who undergo dilation with large effective balloon dilating areas.

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Immediate and follow up results of Inoue balloon mitral valvotomy in juvenile rheumatic mitral stenosis.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS OF THE STUDY: Juvenile rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) with severe pulmonary venous and arterial hypertension (PAH) is a relatively common occurrence in developing countries. The study objectives were to evaluate the safety, efficacy and follow up of Inoue balloon mitral valvotomy (IBMV) in juveniles with rheumatic MS. METHODS: A total of 193 patients with juvenile rheumatic MS were analyzed and compared with adults, with specific reference to the effect of IBMV on hemodynamics and pulmonary vasculature in patients with severe PAH. RESULTS: Mitral valve areas were smaller (0.76 +/- 0.22 versus 0.81 +/- 0.22 cm2), while mean pulmonary arterial pressure (MPAP) (44.5 +/- 16.5 versus 38.4 +/- 15.1 mmHg) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) (5.5 +/- 4.6 versus 4.41 +/- 4.04 Wood units) were greater in juvenile patients when compared with adults. There was a 99% procedural success. Juvenile patients showed an overall greater fall in MPAP and PVR when compared with adults. The incidence of severe PAH was much higher (32%) among juveniles than adults (16%). Only 5% of patients with juvenile MS with severe PAH had residual severe PAH immediately after IBMV, compared with 17% in older patients. Hemodynamic benefits (echocardiographic mean transvalvular gradient and mitral valve area) were sustained at a mean follow up of 29 months, and there was no documented case of restenosis after successful IBMV. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that IBMV is safe and effective in juvenile rheumatic MS and provides greater hemodynamic benefit compared with adults; such benefit is sustained during a mean follow up of 29 months.

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Left ventricular function in rheumatic mitral stenosis. Clinical echocardiographic study.

Echocardiography was used to examine the extent and significance of impairment in left ventricular function in 20 patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis. Indices of left ventricular performance--normalised mean rate of circumferential fibre shortening (Vcf), ejection fraction, normalised posterior wall velocity, and stroke volume were reduced. The impairment in left ventricular function was related to the degree of functional disability (NYHA), right ventricular dilatation, and left atrial enlargement. Vcf was inversely related to both the internal right ventricular diameter (r=-0.767, P less than 0.001) and the degree of left atrial enlargement (r=-0.554; P less than 0.05). The normalised velocity of the interventricular septum and the maximum systolic and diastolic endocardial velocities were also reduced. These results suggest that abnormalities in contractility of left ventricular myocardium are responsible for the impaired myocardial function in patients with mitral stenosis and that such impairment is clinically significant.

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[Mitral insufficiency after percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty in mitral stenosis. Incidence and progression].

Percutaneous balloon valvoplasty of the mitral valve was performed in 126 patients (24 men, 102 women; mean age 55.0 +/- 12.1 years) with mitral stenosis. The mean transmitral valve gradient fell from 12.4 +/- 6.1 to 6.0 +/- 3.2 mmHg, while the valve opening area increased from 1.0 +/- 0.2 to 1.55 +/- 0.3 cm2. After percutaneous balloon valvoplasty 36 patients still had no mitral regurgitation, while the grade of mitral regurgitation remained the same in 47 (grade I: n = 35; grade I: n = 12). Mitral regurgitation, previously not present, occurred in 25 patients, but was severe in only three (grade III: n = 1; grade IV: n = 2). Previously present mitral regurgitation increased in 18 of 65 patients, in four to grade III, in one to grade IV. In three patients acute grade IV mitral regurgitation resulted from a tear in a leaflet of a fibrotic valve which was not or only slightly calcified, requiring emergency surgery. Followup observations over 16.9 (1-60) months showed no change in most patients, but three developed mitral regurgitation. The latter underwent elective surgery, as did one patient with acute mitral regurgitation. Thus a total of seven patients (5.6%) required surgery for mitral regurgitation after percutaneous balloon valvoplasty.

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Non-invasive observations on initial low frequency vibrations of the first heart sound--correlation with the 'presystolic' murmur in mitral stenosis.

The initial low frequency component of the first heart sound, 'M', has been studied in normal subjects, and in patients with vario-s prosthetic mitral valves and with mitral stenosis, using simultaneous low frequency phonocardiography, echocardiography, and apex cardiography. The techniques showed 'M' to have a constant morphology in preisovolumic systole. In mitral stenosis, 'M' and the preisovolumic 'presystolic' murmur appear to be the same phonocardiographic phenomenon. While 'M' was present in sinus rhythm, augmentation of this normal vibration occurred particularly during the short cycles of atrial fibrillation. Leaflet coaption and movement of the ventricular wall as detected echocardiographically do not appear to play a role in its pathogenesis but the sound could emanate from the ventricular wall as it tautens and decreases its compliance at the onset of systole.

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[A successful removal of a left atrial massive ball thrombus caused by mitral stenosis].

A 66-year-old female with a mitral stenosis and a left atrial massive ball thrombus is presented. She was admitted due to a transient right hemiplegia and a speech disturbance. This thrombus had been detected preoperatively by an echocardiogram and a left atriography. A mitral valve replacement using a Björk-Shiley valve 27 mm, accompanied with the removal of the thrombus was performed. The ball thrombus was dark red, 55 x 35 x 32 mm in size and 15 g in weight. After the surgery, the patient progressed well. Because of the high frequency of peripheral embolism and of sudden death, a left atrial ball thrombus should be removed immediately.

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[A successful operative case of congenital mitral stenosis associated with double outlet right ventricle, patent ductus arteriosus, persistent left superior vena cava and severe pulmonary hypertension in adult].

A 29-year-old woman, who was diagnosed as congenital mitral stenosis associated with DORV, PDA, PLSVC and severe pulmonary hypertension, was reported. The mitral valve, consisting of leaflet dysplasia, shortened and thickened chordae tendineae, obliteration of interchordal spaces, under-development of papillary muscle, and stenotic supravalvular membrane, was replaced with 25 SJM prosthesis. Simultaneously, patch closure of VSD and intrapulmonary direct closure of PDA was performed. Her postoperative course was uneventful and systolic pulmonary arterial pressure fell down from 95 mmHg to 56 mmHg. She is doing well after correction. To our knowledge, this is very rare corrective case with congenital mitral stenosis in adult to be reported in the literature in Japan.

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