title: Balloon mitral commissurotomy in a patient with situs inversus and dextrocardia.
abstract: A patient with situs inversus and dextrocardia in whom a successful balloon mitral commissurotomy for symptomatic rheumatic mitral stenosis was performed after appropriate modifications in the technique of transseptal catheterization is described.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Medical Unit, Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002932:Cineangiography; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging