Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty for severe rheumatic mitral stenosis in Jamaica: the initial experience.
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.
Denbow
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Department of Medicine, University of the West Indies, Jamaica.
Chung
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Chung
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Rastegar
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Sherman
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Johnson
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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