title: Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy in rheumatic mitral stenosis associated with cor triatriatum.
abstract: Cor triatriatum is an uncommon congenital anomaly and its coexistence with rheumatic mitral stenosis is rare. We report two patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis with associated cor triatriatum. Percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty was successfully performed in both cases. We describe the clinical presentation and discuss the technical issues related to balloon mitral valvotomy in these cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India.
authors.forename: Soumen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Devidutta
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Narang
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: Ganesan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karthikeyan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D063126:Balloon Valvuloplasty / Q000379:methods*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications*