Tag: Doppler

Wraz z rozwojem techniki poprawiły się możliwości diagnostyczne ultrasonografii. Możliwe jest coraz bardziej precyzyjne wnioskowanie o nowotworowym bądź nienowotworowym charakterze zmian...

We present a rare case of a patient with severe, symptomatic degenerative calcific mitral stenosis (MS). Calcification of mitral valve annulus (MVA) is a frequent finding in elderly patients. It can be isolated or associated more often with mitral valve insufficiency than MS. In rare cases, it results in severe MS. An accurate measurement of MVA in degenerative calcific MS is problematic because the limiting orifice is near the annulus and not at the leaflet tips as in rheumatic MS...

Even with normal aging process, changes in myocardium occur and may modify lusitropic function of the heart. These changes include a remodeling of the myocardial interstitium, an increase in myocardium collagen content and a prominence of myocardial fibrosis, probably due to the activation of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone axis [1]. This heart aging phenomenon surely affects the diastolic function of our patients and needs to be readily and easily assessed...