title: Definitive percutaneous treatment of Lutembacher's syndrome.
abstract: Definitive percutaneous treatment of a patient with Lutembacher's syndrome was successfully accomplished using the Amplatzer septal occluder to close a secundum atrial septal defect and the Joseph mitral balloon catheter to dilate rheumatic mitral valve stenosis. Transcatheter therapy is an effective alternative to surgery in selected patients with Lutembacher's syndrome. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 48:199-204, 1999.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India. gjoseph59@hotmail.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abhaichand Rajpal
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008185:Lutembacher Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome