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On-line multiplane transesophageal echocardiography for balloon mitral commissurotomy
1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|March 4, 1998
Abstract:
This study describes in detail the technique and results of on-line multiplane transesophageal echocardiographic guidance of balloon mitral commissurotomy in 150 consecutive patients with symptomatic mitral stenosis. The mitral valve area improved significantly and there were no in-hospital deaths, strokes, or emergency valve operations.