20. Immediate EIN-hospital results of percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy in patients with mitral restenosis after closed mitral commissurotomy
Rheumatic mitral stenosis is a very common problem in our population having an incidence of 54 percent among rheumatic heart disease with a female preponderance of 2:1. Percutaneous transvenous initral conimissurotomy (PTMC) using an Inoue balloon catheter is of established efficacy and safety and i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Saudi Heart Association
2016-07-01
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Series: | Journal of the Saudi Heart Association |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1016731516300422 |