Open AccessChronic Mitral Stenosis
Author(s) -
Nikhil P. Patil,
Karuna Katti
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.111.030353
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , chest radiograph , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , cardiothoracic surgery , surgery , radiography
A 40-year-old man with history of closed mitral valvotomy performed for rheumatic mitral stenosis 10 years prior was admitted to our hospital with atrial fibrillation and dyspnea on exertion. Posteroanterior (Figure 1) and lateral (Figure 2) chest radiographs exhibited the following classic findings of chronic mitral stenosis.Figure 1. Chest radiograph, posteroanterior view. See text for definition of numbers.Figure 2. Chest radiograph, lateral view. See text for …
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