title: An alternative to valvular surgery in the treatment of mitral stenosis: balloon mitral valvotomy.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac ICU, University of Chicago Hospitals, Ill., USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holloway
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Feldman
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index