Population
15 patients with isolated rheumatic mitral stenosis, divided into 2 groups based on left ventricular…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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LV dysfunction in rheumatic MS may reflect primary myocardial damage; supports rheumatic cardiomyopathy hypothesis but remains hypothesis-generating.
Left ventricular dysfunction in isolated rheumatic mitral stenosis is associated with extensive loss of myofibrils, supporting a primary myocardial rheumatic process rather than just structural adaptation to hemodynamic derangement.
Lee et al. (1990) studied this question.
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