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Rheumatic heart disease: how many interventions and complications can a patient overcome? Cover

Rheumatic heart disease: how many interventions and complications can a patient overcome?

Romanian Journal of Cardiology
Volume 35 (2025): Issue 1 (March 2025)
By: Bianca Adriana Niţă,  Carmen Cristiana Beladan,  Sergiu Nicolae Sipoş,  Anca Doina Mateescu and  Bogdan A Popescu  
Open Access
|Mar 2025

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Figure 1

Transoesophageal echocardiography. A) 2D-image showing a stuck leaflet of the tricuspid prosthesis due to both pannus and thrombus (red arrow). B) CW Doppler flow interrogation of the tricuspid prosthesis revealing high mean transvalvular pressure gradient (examination in atrial fibrillation).
Transoesophageal echocardiography. A) 2D-image showing a stuck leaflet of the tricuspid prosthesis due to both pannus and thrombus (red arrow). B) CW Doppler flow interrogation of the tricuspid prosthesis revealing high mean transvalvular pressure gradient (examination in atrial fibrillation).

Figure 2

Transoesophageal echocardiography. A) Pacing lead thrombosis (red arrow). B) Left atrial appendage thrombosis.
Transoesophageal echocardiography. A) Pacing lead thrombosis (red arrow). B) Left atrial appendage thrombosis.

Figure 3

Transthoracic echocardiography. A) 2D parasternal short axis view of the aortic valve showing severe valvular calcifications. B) CW Doppler interrogation showing high velocity transvalvular aortic flow.
Transthoracic echocardiography. A) 2D parasternal short axis view of the aortic valve showing severe valvular calcifications. B) CW Doppler interrogation showing high velocity transvalvular aortic flow.

Figure 4

Computed tomography angiography shows a laterocervical pseudoaneurysm.
Computed tomography angiography shows a laterocervical pseudoaneurysm.

Figure 5

Chest X-Ray revealing the three different valve prosthese (blue arrow - tricuspid prosthesis, red arrow - mitral prosthesis, blac arrow - aortic prosthesis) and the two pacing systems (black asterisk first pacemaker, red asterisk - second pacemaker).
Chest X-Ray revealing the three different valve prosthese (blue arrow - tricuspid prosthesis, red arrow - mitral prosthesis, blac arrow - aortic prosthesis) and the two pacing systems (black asterisk first pacemaker, red asterisk - second pacemaker).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjc-2025-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2734-6382 | Journal ISSN: 1220-658X
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Language: English
Page range: 70 - 74
Published on: Mar 17, 2025
Published by: Romanian Society of Cardiology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
rheumatic heart disease,
valvulopathy,
prosthesis dysfunction,
TAVI
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Cardiology,
Surgery,
Cardiac surgery,
Pediatrics and juvenile medicine,
Paediatric cardiology

© 2025 Bianca Adriana Niţă, Carmen Cristiana Beladan, Sergiu Nicolae Sipoş, Anca Doina Mateescu, Bogdan A Popescu, published by Romanian Society of Cardiology
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