Severity of Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis: A Comparative Study of Mitral Leaflet Separation Index versus Mitral Valve Area
Our findings suggest that MLSI correlates moderately positively with MVA measured by planimetry and PHT. Thus, MLSI can serve as an additional method for assessing the severity of rheumatic MS in adult patients. This index is useful in cases of discordance between MS severities estimated by existing methods, in the presence of AF, and alongside MR.
Authors
- Fatima A. Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5382-7165)
- Jamilah Saad Alrahimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5669-2080)
- R Abed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1104-5584)
- Yasser Ismail (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6648-6275)
- Zainab Almuwallad
- Haneen Alsharm
Institutions
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (SA)
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (SA)
- National Guard Health Affairs (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cardiology
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000545075
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00