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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Published in:	Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Main Authors:	Abdallah El Sabbagh, Yogesh N. V. Reddy, Sergio Barros‐Gomes, Barry A. Borlaug, William R. Miranda, Sorin V. Pislaru, Rick A. Nishimura, Patricia A. Pellikka
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2019-03-01
Subjects:	mitral stenosis valvuloplasty echocardiography heart valves mitral valve
Online Access:	https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.010736