title: Utility of transesophageal echocardiography in interatrial septal puncture during percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ballal
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Mahan
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011677:Punctures / Q000379:methods