title: Failed percutaneous mitral commisurotomy due to congenital anomaly of inferior vena cava.
abstract: Since its inception in 1982, percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) has gained increasingly wide use internationally in patients with Rheumatic Mitral stenosis. PTMC offers an alternative to surgery in patients who have pliable mitral valve.Very few reasons were reported to abort the procedure when patient lies on the table. This study presents two case reports in which congenital venous anomalies were one of the reasons to terminate the procedure.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Karachi. syedtanveeralam@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Syed Tanveer
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: Tariq
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ashraf
authors.forename: Anees
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Memon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D063126:Balloon Valvuloplasty; D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*; D028761:Withholding Treatment; D055815:Young Adult