title: Mitral balloon valvuloplasty in patients > 70 years of age with severe mitral stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Unit, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hassanein
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Crowley
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome