Right to left interatrial shunting following balloon mitral valvuloplasty.
A complication of balloon mitral valvuloplasty is development of left-to-right interatrial shunt. This report describes right-to-left interatrial shunting following balloon mitral valvuloplasty in a patient with mitral stenosis, tricuspid regurgitation and pulmonary hypertension.
Goldberg
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Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, NJ 08015.
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Weiner
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Maranhao
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Eldredge
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Fernandez
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D000368:Aged; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*