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Radiocardiography in Rheumatic Heart Disease and Its Value in Selection of Cases for Mitral Commissurotomy

Cairo

ABSTRACT

Radiocardiography has proved of great value in the diagnosis and assessment of rheumatic heart disease. From this study, based on 76 cases, the various patterns of radiocardiograms met with are described, analysed and criticised. The different valvular lesions were found to have characteristic radiocardiographic patterns, depending on the degree of lesion and the presence of hypertrophy and/or dilatation of the various cardiac chambers, together with the degree of pulmonary hypertension.

Special reference to the importance of radiocardiography in selection of cases for mitral commissurotomy is stressed, since this technique is easy and readily gives an idea about the width of the mitral orifice as well as the degree of pulmonary artery pressure.

FOOTNOTES

¹ From the University of Cairo, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Nuclear Medicine. Head of Unit for Medical Research, Atomic Energy Establishment, United Arab Republic.

² From the University of Cairo, Medical Unit, Faculty of Medicine.