ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FOLLOW-UP IN PATIENTS WITH MILD-TO-MODERATE MITRAL-STENOSIS - IS A YEARLY EXAMINATION JUSTIFIED

Authors
FALETRA F DECHIARA F CRIVELLARO W MANTERO A COMO R BRUSONI B
Citation
F. Faletra et al., ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FOLLOW-UP IN PATIENTS WITH MILD-TO-MODERATE MITRAL-STENOSIS - IS A YEARLY EXAMINATION JUSTIFIED, The American journal of cardiology, 78(12), 1996, pp. 1450
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
78
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1996)78:12<1450:EFIPWM>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The result of this study showed that echocardiographic and Doppler par ameters in patients with mild to moderate mitral stenosis did not unde rgo any major changes over a relatively long observation period, refle cting the substantial stability of the valve disease process. Thus, un less such patients experience clinical deterioration, a yearly echocar diographic examination appears to be unjustified.