Systolic anterior motion describes the anterior displacement of one or both mitral valve leaflets, obstructing the outflow tract of the left ventricle. It can be a cause of severe hypotension during the intraoperative and ...

O rabdomioma cardíaco raramente é encontrado na valva mitral, porém, embora de grande dimensão (15x14 mm), causando até obstrução a esse nível nos primeiros meses de vida, observou-se a involução total e espontânea do ...

Shone's syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly defined as the presence of at least two of the following heart obstructions: a mitral supravalvular ring, a “parachute” mitral valve stenosis, subaortic stenosis, and aortic ...

Intraventricular obstruction (IVO) during dobutamine stress echocardiogram (DSE) may be associated with or reproduce symptoms. Predictors of IVO are not well established. Methods:149 patients were studied at rest and during ...

Introduction: Abnormal inflammatory response in rheumatic heart disease (RHD) can lead to structural changes of mitral valve and ultimately to mitral stenosis (MS). Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) is the main ...

Las anomalías valvulares cardíacas han aumentado su presentación, en parte debido a los avances en métodos diagnósticos y conocimiento de predecesores etiológicos como desencadenantes de la condición clínica que inicia la ...