Study on heart damages in mitral valve disease by transeophageal echocardiography
- Author:
Pham Thi Hong Thi
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
mitral valve
- MeSH:
Mitral Valve;
Mitral Valve/abnormalities;
Heart;
Echocardiography
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;501(1):69-71
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The study carried out on 35 patients (10 males and 25 females, 16 - 66 years old) who had diagnosis of mitral stenosis with insufficiency at Cardiovascular Hospital and Viet Duc Hospital from 8/1999 to 3/2004. Results: diagnosis of mitral stenosis with insufficiency level and evaluation condition of valve and under valve organizations injuries as pustule injury, pustule position, quantity of pustules through transeophageal echocardiography were more accurate than transthoracic echocardiography. There were 4 patients (11.4%) operated to repair mitral valve, 6 patients (17.1%) replaced mitral valve and 18 patients (51.4%) had bacterial endocarditis
