Transjugular balloon mitral valvotomy in a patient with severe kyphoscoliosis
Balloon mitral valvotomy (BMV) performed by the conventional transfemoral approach can be difficult or even impossible in the presence of structural impediments such as severe kyphoscoliosis, gross cardiac anatomic distortion and inferior vena caval anomalies. A 25-year-old woman with severe thoraco...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-09-01
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Series: | Indian Heart Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001948321600016X |