title: Early (three-month) results of percutaneous mitral valvotomy with the Inoue balloon in 1,123 consecutive patients comparing various age groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Heart Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Neumayer
authors.forename: Henning K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fassbender
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mannebach
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bogunovic
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Horstkotte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography