Differentiation of the severity of rheumatic mitral stenosis using dimensionless index and its association with outcomes

Introduction: The severity of mitral stenosis (MS) is commonly assessed using mitral valve area (MVA) measured with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). The dimensionless index (DI) of mitral valve (MV) was recently studied in degenerative MS. We evaluated DI MV in rheumatic MS and studied its rela...

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Published in:	International Journal of Cardiology. Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention
Main Authors:	Ryan Leow, Tony Yi-Wei Li, Meei-Wah Chan, William KF. Kong, Kian-Keong Poh, Ivandito Kuntjoro, Ching-Hui Sia, Tiong-Cheng Yeo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2025-03-01
Subjects:	Mitral stenosis Rheumatic heart disease Valvular heart disease Dimensionless index Mixed mitral valve disease
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772487525000042