Intracardiac echocardiography-guided percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty
Percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (PMBV) was initially described by Inoue in 1984 as a novel percutaneous technique for the management of mitral stenosis. Intracardiac echocardiography was initially used in the 1980s but was not universally accepted due to its high-frequency transducers and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-04-01
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| Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255113000322 |