title: Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy using Inoue balloon catheter: a left femoral vein approach.
abstract: Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy by the Inoue technique is usually recommended from right femoral vein approach only. We report an unusual patient in whom the left femoral vein approach was used successfully. We believe that the left femoral vein approach can be reserved as a last resort in certain cases.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiology, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Dani
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Rawal
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy