Influence of the echocardiographic score and not of the previous surgical mitral commissurotomy on the outcome of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty

Influence of the echocardiographic score and not of the previous surgical mitral commissurotomy on the outcome of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate prior mitral surgical commissurotomy and echocardiographic score influence on the outcomes and complications of percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty. METHODS: We performed 459 complete mitral valvuloplasty procedures. Four hundred thirteen were primary valvuloplasty and 4...

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Main Authors: Edison C. Sandoval Peixoto, Rodrigo T. Sandoval Peixoto, Ivana Picone Borges, Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira, Marta Labrunie, Mário Salles Netto, Ronaldo A. Villela, Pierre Labrunie, Guilherme A. Xavier de Brito, Ricardo T. Sandoval Peixoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2001-06-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty
prior mitral commissurotomy
mitral stenosis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2001000600005

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