Successful balloon mitral commissurotomy in a small child: use of small Inoue balloon catheter.
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.
Ino
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T
Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Shimazaki
S
S
Iwahara
M
M
Miyazaki
E
E
Yabuta
K
K
Inoue
K
K
D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*