title: Transient ST-segment changes associated with mitral valvuloplasty using the Inoue balloon.
abstract: We describe unexplained transient inferior ST-segment elevation on the electrocardiogram during Inoue mitral valvuloplasty in 8 patients from a series of 108. Electrocardiographic changes were associated with chest pain in 7 patients, and although the clinical features were suggestive of myocardial ischemia, no cause for this could be found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Papworth Hospital, Everard, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Ludman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hildick-Smith
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harcombe
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006329:Heart Conduction System; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*