Late results of percutaneous
mitral commissurotomy in a series of 1024 patients: Analysis of late clinical deterioration: Frequency, anatomic findingsand predictive factors.
* A percutaneous balloon
mitral commissurotomy should be considered as a treatment option for young women with moderate or severe mitral stenosis.
immediate effect of percutaneous
mitral commissurotomy on atrial electomechinical delay and P-wave dispersion in patients with severe mitral stenosis.
Percutaneous balloon versus closed and open
mitral commissurotomy: seven year follow up results of a randomized trial.
Patients with severe isolated mitral stenosis having undergone successful percutaneous transluminal
mitral commissurotomy (PTMC) were included by non-probability consecutive technique.
Kimura et al., "Indications, complications, and short-term clinical outcome of percutaneous transvenous
mitral commissurotomy," Circulation, vol.
Specifics of technique in percutaneous
mitral commissurotomy in a case of dextrocardia and situs inversus with mitral stenosis.
Serial echocardiographic evaluation of restenosis after successful percutaneous
mitral commissurotomy. J Am Coll Cardiol.
The good immediate and mid-term results obtained by percutaneous
mitral commissurotomy in these patients in preliminary series suggest that the procedure may well postpone re-operation in selected patients providing the anatomy is suitable16.
Reliable exclusion of LA thrombus is important before any definitive curative attempts like percutaneous transluminal
mitral commissurotomy (PTMC), closed
mitral commissurotomy (CMC) or innovative therapies like pulmonary vein isolation and percutaneous closure of the LA appendage.
Results of percutaneous
mitral commissurotomy in patients with a left atrial appendage thrombus detected by transesophageal echocardiography.
Keywords: Percutaneous transvenous
mitral commissurotomy, Rheumatic mitral stenosis, Pliable mitral valve.
