Although balloon valvuloplasty is an accepted treatment for symptomatic moderate mitral stenosis, patients with asymptomatic disease are often managed with ‘watchful waiting’ alone. A new study ...

The Wilkins echocardiographic score is also known as the Abascal’s echocardiographic score. It is used to determine the suitability of the mitral valve structure for percutaneous mitral balloon ...

More than three-quarters of patients who undergo percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (PMBV) for severe symptomatic rheumatic mitral stenosis will have good outcomes without the need for ...

30-year-old male with a history of rheumatic heart disease. Mitral stenosis was diagnosed 6 years prior to admission. Symptoms of dyspnea had progressed in the following years so that balloon mitral ...