Abstract
This study describes in detail the technique and results of on-line multiplane transesophageal echocardiographic guidance of balloon mitral commissurotomy in 150 consecutive patients with symptomatic mitral stenosis. The mitral valve area improved significantly and there were no in-hospital deaths, strokes, or emergency valve operations.
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 515-518 |
Journal | American Journal of Cardiology |
Volume | 81 |
Issue number | 4 |
State | Published - 1998 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Aged
- Echocardiography, Transesophageal/methods
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mitral Valve Stenosis/surgery
- Mitral Valve Stenosis/ultrasonography
- Monitoring, Intraoperative/methods