American College of Cardiology

BONOW ET AL., ACC/AHA TASK FORCE REPORT
JACC Vol. 32, No. 5, November 1998:1486-1588

Figure 5.   Management strategy for patients with mitral stenosis and moderate to severe symptoms. Abbreviations: CXR = chest x-ray, LA = left atrial, MV = mitral valve, MVA = mitral valve area, PMBV = percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy; PAP = pulmonary artery pressure; PAWP = pulmonary artery wedge pressure. *The committee recognizes that there may be variability in the measurement of MVA and that the mean transmitral gradient, PAWP, and PAP should also be taken into consideration. †It is controversial as to which patients with less favorable valve morphology should undergo PMBV rather than mitral valve surgery (see text).

 

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