title: Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of severe rheumatic submitral valve stenosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, IL 60637.
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sand
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sandelski
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weinert
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: al-Sadir
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Glagov
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: 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