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The Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
Published on: February 5, 2021
Successful inoue balloon mitral commissurotomy in double-orifice mitral stenosis
1Section of Cardiology, Dong-A Medical College, Pusan, South Korea. kmh60@damc.dauhosp.or.kr
Abstract:
We report a rare case of stenotic double-orifice mitral valve of incomplete bridge type in a 40-year-old male. The fibrous bridge tissue between the leaflets was successfully split with a 24-mm Inoue balloon catheter using the stepwise dilation technique. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:200-203, 2000.

