PATIENT CASE NO. 11.1 CASE DESCRIPTION: MITRAL STENOSIS

The following sections are included:

• Presentation

• Differential Diagnosis

• Mechanism

• Anatomy of Cardiac Valves

• Rheumatic Heart Disease

• Complications of Mitral Stenosis

• Questions, 11:1

• PATIENT CASE NO. 11.2 CASE DESCRIPTION: MITRAL PROLAPSE AND REGURGITATION

• Heart-disease in Pregnancy

• Mitral Regurgitation

  • Rheumatic mitral disease

  • Rupture of chordae tendinae

  • Rupture or weakness of papillary muscles

  • Left ventricular distension

  • Subendocardial ischaemia

• Tricuspid Disease

• PATIENT CASE NO. 11.3 CASE DESCRIPTION: AORTIC VALVE DISEASE AND INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

• Causes of Aortic Valve Disease

  • Degenerative aortic stenosis

  • Congenital connective tissue disorders

  • Rheumatic disease

  • Spirochetal infection

  • Infective endocarditis

• Differential Diagnosis

• Questions, 11:2

• Infective Endocarditis