[Percutaneous mitral valvulotomy].
Percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy has become the first choice option for the treatment of mitral stenosis. Any patient with the disease is a candidate for the procedure. However there are patient's subgroups which the procedure success will reach a 100% accordingly to a meticulous selection of the cases. Long-term results has been excellent and may be compared with those of surgical closed mitral commissurotomy. We report our long-term follow-up experience of 127 patients followed during a mean of five years in which results have been very favorable.
Ban Hayashi
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Departamento de Hemodinámica, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, INCICH, Juan Badiano No. 1, 14080 México, D.F.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors