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Unusual tear in Inoue balloon during percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty in a patient with calcific mitral
P G Kerkar1, A M Vora, J P Sethi
1Department of Cardiology, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, Bombay, India.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|February 1, 1994
Abstract:
An unusual tear in an Inoue balloon during dilatation of calcific mitral stenosis is presented and its mechanisms discussed. An abnormal sequence of inflation indicates a possible tear.