Echocardiographic right ventricular evaluation in cardiac surgery patients undergoing mitral valve reconstruction: a single center prospective observational study.

Background: Mitral valve (MV) regurgitation (MR) is the second most frequent indication for valvular surgery in Europe. Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a common finding after cardiac surgery and might persist for years. The RV-function after MV surgery has been controversially discussed.

Correlation between Doppler Echocardiography and Right Heart Catheterization Assessment of Systolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Patients with Mitral Regurgitation: A Prospective Observational Study.

Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is common in patients with left-side valvular diseases, especially with mitral regurgitation (MR). Measurement using pulmonal artery catheter (PAC) is the gold standard to asses pulmonary vascular pressures. During mitral valve surgery echocardiography is routinely used for valvular management and to evaluate pulmonary hemodynamic.

[Features of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome with diabetes mellitus].

Aim: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is known to be a risk factor in adverse outcomes and complications in many infectious diseases. In the combination of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and DM there are mutually exclusive pathogenetic States - hyperosmolarity, characteristic of DM is layered on the reduction of osmotic blood pressure in HFRS. Under these conditions, the effect of one disease (DM) on the clinical manifestations of another (HFRS) is not obvious.