The Value of Doppler Echocardiography in the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Analysis of One Year of Clinical Practice

1991 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renee B.A. van den Brink ◽  
Hans A. Verheul ◽  
Gerard Hoedemaker ◽  
Donald R. Düren ◽  
Mirjam Reedijk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Doppler Echocardiography ◽  
Valvular Heart Disease ◽  
One Year ◽  
Disease Analysis

scholarly journals Clinical evaluation versus Doppler echocardiography in the quantitative assessment of valvular heart disease.

Circulation ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
W M Jaffe ◽  
A H Roche ◽  
H A Coverdale ◽  
H F McAlister ◽  
J A Ormiston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Clinical Evaluation ◽  
Doppler Echocardiography ◽  
Valvular Heart Disease ◽  
Quantitative Assessment

Guidelines on valvular heart disease in clinical practice

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (S) ◽  
pp. S11-S13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alec Vahanian ◽  
Ottavio Alfieri
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Valvular Heart Disease

scholarly journals Postcoital Haemoptysis: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Emeka B. Kesieme ◽  
Browne C. Okonkwo ◽  
Peter O. Okokhere ◽  
Georgi Prisadov ◽  
Eghosa Aigbe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Ischaemic Heart Disease ◽  
Valvular Heart Disease ◽  
Diabetic Woman ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Aged Patients ◽  
Cardiac Decompensation ◽  
One Year ◽  
Rule Out

Haemoptysis is rarely reported following coitus, and cardiac decompensation has been mostly implicated in the aetiology. We present a 53-year-old Nigerian, known hypertensive diabetic woman with background ischaemic heart disease who presented with postcoital haemoptysis of one-year duration. Echocardiography revealed combined ischaemic and mitral valvular heart disease, probably of rheumatic aetiology. There has been no previous report in an African population. This case illustrates the need to rule out coitus as a rare but potential cause of haemoptysis in middle aged patients with underlying cardiac pathologies and the need for an extensive cardiac workup in a population with predominantly pulmonary causes of haemoptysis.

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