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Inoue-balloon mitral valvuloplasty in double-orifice mitral stenosis
Ping-Han Lo1, Jui-Sung Hung, Kean-Wah Lau
1Section of Cardiology, China Medical College Hospital, 2,Yuh Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan. h1989jsh@ms16.hinet.net
The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
|June 5, 2003
Abstract:
We report 7 symptomatic patients with stenotic double-orifice mitral valve of incomplete bridge type. In each patient, the fibrous bridge tissue between the valve leaflets was successfully split using an Inoue balloon valvuloplasty technique with stepwise dilations applied only to the posteromedial orifice.