Immediate Results of Percutaneous Trans-Luminal Mitral Commissurotomy in Pregnant Women with Severe Mitral Stenosis

Background Valvular heart diseases and mainly rheumatic heart diseases complicate about 1% of pregnancies. During pregnancy physiological hemodynamic changes of the circulation are the main cause of mitral stenosis (MS) decompensation. Prior to introduction of percutaneous mitral balloon commissurop...

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Main Authors: Seyfollah Abdi, Negar Salehi, Babak Ghodsi, Hossein Ali Basiri, Mahmoud Momtahen, Ata Firouzi, Hamid Reza Sanati, Farshad Shakerian, Mohsen Maadani, Homan Bakhshandeh, Soheila Chamanian, Mitra Chitsazan, Anoushiravan Vakili-Zarch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CMC.S8580