title: Successful inoue balloon mitral commissurotomy in double-orifice mitral stenosis.
abstract: We report a rare case of stenotic double-orifice mitral valve of incomplete bridge type in a 40-year-old male. The fibrous bridge tissue between the leaflets was successfully split with a 24-mm Inoue balloon catheter using the stepwise dilation technique. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:200-203, 2000.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Dong-A Medical College, Pusan, South Korea. kmh60@damc.dauhosp.or.kr
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Lau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*