Mitral valve assessment and scoring before balloon mitral valvuloplasty

Management of symptomatic rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) by nonsurgical techniques has been the therapeutic modality of choice in low- and middle-income countries such as India. In comparison to surgical interventions, catheter-based balloon dilatation has been preferred in cases of rheumatic MS. Va...

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Main Authors: Satyam Rajvanshi, Ranjit Kumar Nath, Rajeev Bharadwaj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Heart India
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Online Access:http://www.heartindia.net/article.asp?issn=2321-449x;year=2020;volume=8;issue=3;spage=121;epage=126;aulast=Rajvanshi