ABSTRACT
Almost all mitral stenosis is rheumatic in origin (Table 8.1). Rheumatic disease is shown by:
commissural fusion (seen in the PS short-axis)
bowing of the tips
thickening of the leaflet tips
chordal thickening.
Almost all mitral stenosis is rheumatic in origin (Table 8.1). Rheumatic disease is shown by:
commissural fusion (seen in the PS short-axis)
bowing of the tips
thickening of the leaflet tips
chordal thickening.