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Conduction disturbances related to percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty
Dante Antonelli1, Yoav Turgeman, Tiberio Rosenfeld
1Department of Cardiology, Ha'Emek Medical Center, 18101 Afula, Israel.
International Journal of Cardiovascular Interventions
|November 15, 2002
Abstract:
During the performance of 280 consecutive percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty operations, two cases of conduction disturbances were reported (0.7%). These rare complications are transient and due to the mechanical pressure of the balloon on the conduction system.