title: Echocardiographic follow-up in patients with mild to moderate mitral stenosis: is a yearly examination justified?
abstract: The result of this study showed that echocardiographic and Doppler parameters in patients with mild to moderate mitral stenosis did not undergo any major changes over a relatively long observation period, reflecting the substantial stability of the valve disease process. Thus, unless such patients experience clinical deterioration, a yearly echocardiographic examination appears to be unjustified.
authors.affiliation: Central Cardiology Service, De Gasperis Cardiology Department, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Faletra
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Chiara
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Crivellaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mantero
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Corno
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brusoni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018450:Disease Progression; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010808:Physical Examination; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors