Mitral Balloon Commissurotomy Prolonging the Outcome of Surgical Commissurotomy in a Patient With Rheumatic Heart Disease.

Rheumatic heart disease is a serious global health issue that requires early detection and proper secondary prophylaxis. It is critical that governments play an active role in preventive campaigns and ensure access to recommended antibiotics. For symptomatic rheumatic heart disease cases, particularly those with rheumatic mitral stenosis, careful consideration of age and timing of surgical valve replacement is necessary, with a preference for noninvasive interventions when possible.

Ischemic Stroke in a Young Patient With Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis.

Rheumatic fever is the most common cause of mitral stenosis worldwide. Embolic events represent severe complications of mitral stenosis. We describe the case of a 45-year-old women who had an ischemic stroke as the initial manifestation of previously unrecognized mitral stenosis in the absence of atrial fibrillation.

Mitral Valve Mass in a Patient Suspected of Systemic Lupus: Tumor, Endocarditis or Both?

We present a case report of a patient with an infected mitral valve myxoma and a literature review on the subject. A 33-year-old female presented with a history of fever and dyspnea evolving over a few days. On admission, she had a lupus-like syndrome with positive blood cultures for Haemophilus species .