title: Percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy: a useful and necessary treatment for the western population.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vahanian
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Iung
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*