Low‐Gradient Severe Mitral Stenosis: Hemodynamic Profiles, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcomes
Background Optimal management of patients with severe mitral stenosis (MS) and low transmitral gradient is incompletely understood. Methods and Results We examined 101 consecutive patients with severe rheumatic MS (mitral valve area ≤1.5 cm2) who underwent balloon valvuloplasty. Low gradient was def...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-03-01
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Series: | Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease |
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Online Access: | https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.010736 |