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 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 ...

As mitral stenosis worsens, left atrial pressure increases forcing the mitral valve open earlier in diastole. Thus, in severe mitral stenosis, the opening snap occurs earlier as does the initial ...

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 ...