Net atrioventricular compliance can predict persistent pulmonary artery hypertension after percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy

Net atrioventricular compliance can predict persistent pulmonary artery hypertension after percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy

Background: Pulmonary hypertension is a common complication of rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS). Patients with similar mitral valve (MV) areas may have different pulmonary artery pressures. Net atrioventricular compliance (Cn) was found to play an important role in the development of pulmonary hyperte...

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Main Authors: Mohammad M. Al-Daydamony, Tamer M. Moustafaa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Saudi Heart Association 2017-10-01
Series:Journal of the Saudi Heart Association
Subjects:
Left atrium
Mitral stenosis
Mitral valvuloplasty
Pulmonary hypertension
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1016731517300027

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