The Incidence of Hypertension in Mitral Stenosis

Abstract

FORTY-TWO years ago Gibson,¹ in writing about the arterial pressure in mitral stenosis, stated: "It is often below the normal but even more frequently above it." In 1912 Cowan and Fleming² discussed the association between mitral stenosis and renal fibrosis and concurred with Gibson's Statement. Several years later, Coombs³ also stated that in mitral stenosis a "raised pressure is not uncommon." He reported that 3 of 16 patients with mitral stenosis had hypertension. Since then, several conflicting reports concerning the incidence of hypertension in mitral stenosis have appeared in the literature.The purpose of the present study is to reinvestigate . . .