Percutaneous valvuloplasty in a patient with mitral stenosis following surgical annuloplasty.
A case is described in which a patient with a Carpentier-Edwards annuloplasty ring developed mitral stenosis and was treated with percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty. Possible mechanisms for the development of mitral stenosis are briefly discussed.
Department of Cardiology, Florida Hospital-Florida Heart Institute, Orlando.
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CB
Saenz
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Nocero
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CJ
Weaver
D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants