Popping-out of an inoue balloon catheter: A rare sign of a severe subvalvular mitral lesion

Ming Shyan Chern*, I. Chang Hsieh, Delon Wu

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy using the Inoue technique was performed in a patient with a severe subvalvular lesion. Although not entrapped or impeded by the subvalvular lesion, the distal balloon was levered upwards and the procedure ended up with the balloon catheter popping- out during the late phase of inflation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)549-551
Number of pages3
JournalJapanese Circulation Journal
Volume62
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 07 1998
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Mitral stenosis
  • Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy

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