title: Effect of mitral valvuloplasty in mitral stenosis on coagulation activity.
abstract: We investigated the plasma levels of molecular markers for the status of thrombin generation and fibrinolysis in patients with mitral stenosis before and after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty. Our results show that percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty results in decreased coagulation activity, suggesting that percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty is also useful for prevention of systemic embolism in patients with mitral stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Minezaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukazawa
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sekiguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D001777:Blood Coagulation; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome