title: Successful balloon mitral commissurotomy in a small child: use of small Inoue balloon catheter.
abstract: A 15-month-old girl weighing 5.8 kg, in whom congestive heart failure developed due to congenital mitral stenosis, was successfully treated by percutaneous transluminal mitral commissurotomy using a small Inoue balloon catheter. Percutaneous transluminal mitral commissurotomy using a small Inoue balloon catheter may be a first-choice treatment for small children with congenital mitral stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimazaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwahara
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yabuta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*