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Technique and Patient Selection Criteria of Right Anterior Mini-Thoracotomy for Minimal Access Aortic Valve Replacement
Published on: March 26, 2018
Percutaneous mitral commissurotomy: technique, results, and selection of patients
Alec Vahanian1, Philippe Luxereau, Eric Brochet
1Bichat Hospital, Paris, France. alec.vahanian@bch.ap-hop-paris.fr
Abstract:
Fifteen years of experience with percutaneous valve dilatation for mitral stenosis have shown the following: it is an effective treatment in a wide range of patients; its risk is low when it is performed by experienced teams, and more than 10 years follow-up demonstrates excellent durability of the procedure; the prediction of the immediate and long-term results is multifactorial and based on clinical and anatomic variables which should be taken into account when selecting the candidates for the procedure. Today balloon commissurotomy is a substitute for surgical commissurotomy and a complement to valve replacement.
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