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Transient ST-segment changes associated with mitral valvuloplasty using the Inoue balloon

P F Ludman1, D Hildick-Smith, A Harcombe

  • 1Department of Cardiology, Papworth Hospital, Everard, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

We describe unexplained transient inferior ST-segment elevation on the electrocardiogram during Inoue mitral valvuloplasty in 8 patients from a series of 108. Electrocardiographic changes were associated with chest pain in 7 patients, and although the clinical features were suggestive of myocardial ischemia, no cause for this could be found.

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