title: Feasibility, safety, and morphologic predictors of outcome of repeat percutaneous balloon mitral commissurotomy.
abstract: Early and mid-term results of repeat percutaneous balloon mitral commissurotomy (PBMC) were analyzed in 35 patients with symptomatic valvular restenosis: 12 patients (34%) after first successful PBMC and 23 patients (66%) after successful surgical closed mitral commissurotomy. Twenty-one patients had bilateral fused commissures, and 14 patients had unilateral or bilateral split commissures. Mitral valve area gain was significantly greater in the group with fused commissures compared with the group with split commissures (0.6 +/- 0.2 vs 0.3 +/- 0.2 cm(2), respectively, p = 0.04).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel. yoav_t@clalit.org.il <yoav_t@clalit.org.il>
authors.forename: Yoav
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Turgeman
authors.forename: Shaul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atar
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suleiman
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: Lev
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bloch
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jabaren
authors.forename: Tiberio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rosenfeld
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D012086:Reoperation; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome