Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of severe rheumatic submitral valve stenosis.
The submitral apparatus may play a predominant role in rheumatic mitral stenosis and should be evaluated aggressively with Doppler echocardiography, especially in patients in whom percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy is being considered. The following case presents a patient with rheumatic mitral valve stenosis in whom some noninvasive clues alerted us to the presence of predominant submitral stenosis.
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Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, IL 60637.
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Sandelski
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Weinert
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al-Sadir
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Glagov
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Lang
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D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy