title: Bedside percutaneous transseptal mitral commissurotomy under sole transthoracic echocardiographic guidance in a critically ill patient.
abstract: Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy is an effective and safe alternative to surgical treatment, in selected patients of rheumatic mitral stenosis. It is usually performed under fluoroscopic guidance in the catheterization laboratory. We report the successful performance of emergency mitral commissurotomy by the Inoue balloon at bedside under sole transthoracic echocardiographic guidance in a critically ill patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, G B Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Vijay K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Trehan
authors.forename: Arima
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nigam
authors.forename: Saibal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: Jamal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yusuf
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: UmaMahesh
authors.forename: Mohit D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Menahalli Palleda
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Girish
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D016638:Critical Illness; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*