Rheumatic Heart Disease
A female patient with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis required surgical intervention. Intraoperative exploration revealed critical findings: the anterior commissure was densely fused with severe fibrous adherence, while the posterior leaflet body exhibited discrete calcific plaques....
A female patient with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis was classified under the Chinese pathological classification as type III /II. Surgical Findings and Technique Since the anterior commissural fibrosis was not...
Early and late outcomes after prosthetic mitral valve replacement for rheumatic mitral valve disease remain suboptimal (1). Results can be improved with mitral valve repair, but it is essential that...
Rheumatic mitral valve repair remains challenging in reconstructive valve surgery. Although rerepair is even more demanding, growing evidence of improved early outcomes, quality of life, and survival provides a compelling...
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Jeffrey Velotta, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in San...
