Background The epidemiology and management of diseases can be influenced by social
demographic factors. Gender and migration are among these factors. Methods We aimed at …

Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) is the first-line therapy for managing rheumatic
mitral stenosis. Over the past two decades, the indications of the procedure have expanded …

With an exponential growth in the number of older adults, understanding the common
disorders of the elderly patient requiring cardiac care is becoming increasingly important …

Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV), once the most complex of percutaneous
cardiac procedures and essentially the first adult structural heart intervention, set the stage …

Background: For rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS), a multidisciplinary evaluation is mandatory
to determine the optimal treatment: medical, percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty …

Introduction: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in patients with mitral
stenosis (MS) and it may increase complications and decreases success rates of …

Introduction: Patients with hemodynamically significant mitral stenosis (MS) have prolonged
P-wave duration and increased P-wave dispersion (PWD) that decrease after successful …

Background: Percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy (BMV) is the gold standard treatment
for rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) in that it causes significant changes in mitral valve area …

Background: Rheumatic mitral valvulopathy is often associated with other valvulopathies. It
remains endemic in developing countries where it is the leading cause of heart failure and …

Background: The aim of the present study was to study the effect of percutaneous balloon
mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV) on P wave dispersion and to test the correlation between P …