also known as the Wilkins score, was first described in 1990 as a means to predict the success of percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy (PBMV) in the setting of rheumatic mitral valve stenosis.

PBMV is also indicated for patients who are asymptomatic with severe mitral stenosis and a Wilkins (Abascal) echocardiographic score of 8 or less. Surgical approaches to the management of mitral ...

Mr AE is a 50-year-old male patient with a severe mitral stenosis (MS ... was not severely calcified and there was trivial MR. Wilkins score was 8 and a decision was made to perform a ...