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(Circulation. 1959;19:517.)
© 1959 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Clinical and Physiologic Relationships in Mitral Valve Disease

PHILIP SAMET M.D.¹; ROBERT S. LITWAK M.D.¹; WILLIAM H. BERNSTEIN M.D.¹; EUGENE M. FIERER M.D.¹; LEONARD M. SILVERMAN M.D.¹

¹ From the Cardio-Pulmonary Laboratory and the Department of Medicine, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Miami Beach, the Section of Cardiology of the Department of Medicine and the Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Coral Gables , and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Miami, Fla.

Physiologic data obtained during right and combined right and left heart catheterization are presented in a variety of subjects with mitral valve disease. These studies have led to a broader understanding of the pathophysiology of this disease. The clinical value of combined heart catheterization is illustrated.