Tony Ete1, Arun Kumar2, Rinchin Dorjee Megeji3, Tejvir Singh2, Habung Mobing4, Narang Naku5, Vanlalmalsawmdawngliana2, Utpal Kumar2 and Animesh Mishra6*
1Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional
Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, India
2Senior Resident Doctor, Department of Cardiology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi
Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, India
3Assistant Professor, Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Naharlagun,
Arunachal Pradesh, India
4Senior Resident Doctor, Department of Medicine, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional
Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, India
5Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, India
6Professor and HOD, Department of Cardiology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional
Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, India
*Corresponding Author: Animesh Mishra, Professor and HOD, Department of Cardiology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, India.
Received: July 27, 2020; Published: August 24, 2020
Mitral Stenosis is characterised by thickening of mitral valves followed by decrease in the size of mitral orifice with subsequent stasis of blood in left atrium leading to spontaneous echo contrast (SEC).
Keywords: Mitral Stenosis; Blood Stasis; Spontaneous Echo Contrast
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Citation: Animesh Mishra., et al. “When Mitral Valve Starts Smoking - A Clinical Image". Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 1.9 (2020): 17-18.
Copyright: © 2020 Animesh Mishra., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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