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Mitral Valve Stenosis


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References

Citations

  1. Rahimtoola SH (2004). Mitral stenosis section of Mitral valve disease. In V Fuster et al., eds., Hurst's The Heart, 11th ed., pp. 1669–1678. New York: McGraw-Hill.

  2. Bonow RO, et al. (2006) ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease). Circulation, 114(5): e84–e231.

Other Works Consulted

  • Curtin RJ, Griffin BP (2006). Valvular heart disease. In DC Dale, DD Federman, eds., ACP Medicine, section 1, chap. 11. New York: WebMD.

  • Nishimura RA, et al. (2008). ACC/AHA 2008 guideline update on valvular heart disease: Focused update on infective endocarditis: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: Endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Circulation, 118(8): 887–896.

  • Rodriguez L, Gillinov AM (2007). Mitral valve disease. In EJ Topol, ed., Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.



Last Updated: March 18, 2008
Author:
Robin Parks, MS
Medical Review:
Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine

E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine

Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology


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