title: [Percutaneous transluminal mitral valvuloplasty using the double balloon technic].
abstract: This paper describes the results in 3 patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis, who underwent percutaneous transluminal mitral valvuloplasty, using the double balloon technique. The clinical outcome after 6 months' follow-up is favourable. The procedure is effective and relatively safe, if careful patient selection takes place using echocardiography and cardiac catheterisation. Balloon dilatation of a stenotic mitral valve may be an attractive alternative to surgical open or closed commissurotomy.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Slagboom
authors: P W
authors: PW
authors: Serruys
authors: P J
authors: PJ
authors: de Feyter
authors: W B
authors: WB
authors: Vletter
authors: J R
authors: JR
authors: Roelandt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000790:Angiocardiography; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Percutane transluminale mitralis-valvuloplastiek met behulp van de dubbele-ballontechniek.