title: Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty for severe rheumatic mitral stenosis in Jamaica: the initial experience.
abstract: Although percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty has been performed in the Caribbean before, there has not been any detailed description in the English-speaking West Indian Medical literature hitherto. This report provides a description of the first four cases of percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty performed in Jamaica.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Denbow
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rastegar
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D002648:Child; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome