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Balloon valvuloplasty for treating pulmonic, mitral and aortic valve stenosis
1Harvard-Thorndike Laboratory, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|May 9, 1988
Abstract:
Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty is a technique that has been developed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory over the last 5 years for the treatment of pulmonic, mitral and aortic valve stenosis in children and adults. This review will attempt to summarize recent advances in this new field of invasive cardiology over the last several years.