As mitral stenosis progresses, increased left atrial pressure is required to maintain stroke volume. This pressure increase is generated primarily by the right heart and results in increased ...

The pulmonary-artery pressure was measured in 31 patients with mitral disease. The predominant lesion in 30 of the patients was mitral stenosis, and in the 1 remaining it was pure mitral ...

If mitral stenosis or regurgitation is severe, it may be difficult for the blood to pass to the ventricle. The left atrium may then enlarge to compensate for the increased pressure. In mitral ...

The objective of this study was to determine the influence of age on the relationship between mitral inflow indices and LV filling pressures in patients with aortic stenosis. The authors studied ...

Thus, it is not surprising that patients originally suspected of having mitral ... aortic stenosis we are satisfied that a normal or even accentuated aortic second sound, a wide pulse pressure ...

I saw a cardiologist and learned that I had mild to moderate mitral stenosis with regurgitation ... hypertension because it’s the blood vessels in the lungs that have high pressure levels. Measuring ...

According to Dr Bipeenchandra Bhamre, heart valve diseases involve a range of issues such as mitral valve prolapse, aortic stenosis ... issues like high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels ...

As mitral stenosis progresses over time, the pressure in the left atrium rises. This pressure is transmitted to the pulmonary veins, the pulmonary vasculature, and eventually to the right side of ...