Diagnosis of mitral stenosis and the evaluation of the results of commissurotomy by echocardiography
Vakhidov, V.V.; Tulenov, M.T.; Stepanets, N.D.; Guliamov, D.S.; Khan, N.I.
Kardiologiia 20(10): 107-108
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-9040 PMID: 7441953 Document Number: 164779
Patients (53) with mitral stenosis aged 17-28 yr were examined. Echocardiography made it possible to evaluate structural and functional disturbances during mitral stenosis. On the basis of a complex of echocardiographic signs, it was possible to reach a reliable diagnosis of mitral stenosis and to determine the degree of narrowing of the orifice. Echocardiographic signs of restoration of the mobility of the mitral cusp indicated the adequacy of the commissurotomy. Echocardiography made it possible to diagnose mitral valve calcinosis.