The paper discusses the correlation between radiological findings of the pulmonary vasculature and the severity of mitral stenosis.
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Pulmonary vascular radiographic changes may track mitral stenosis severity; leaves open utility for noninvasive staging or monitoring.
The radiological changes in the lung in heart disease have attracted the attention of cardiologists for many years. Notable contributions have been made by In mitral stenosis especially, the radiological appearance of the pulmonary vasculature has invited keen attention, but not till the advent of surgery in the treatment of this condition has it been possible to correlate the radiological findings with the severity of the mitral stenosis.
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