Difficult percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy: a new technique for left atrium to left ventricular entry
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Vijay, Trehan; Vimal, Mehta; Saibal, Mukhopadhyay; Jamal, Yusuf; U A, Kaul
- Source
- Indian heart journal. 56(2)
- Subject
- Male
Cardiac Catheterization
Treatment Outcome
Angiography
Rheumatic Heart Disease
Humans
Mitral Valve Stenosis
Child
Risk Assessment
Echocardiography, Doppler
Catheterization
Follow-Up Studies
- Language
- ISSN
- 0019-4832
Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy using Inoue balloon is an effective procedure for the management of patients with juvenile mitral stenosis. Inability to cross the mitral valve by the Inoue balloon catheter is one of the important reasons for failure of the procedure. We describe a new technique, facilitating left atrium to left ventricular entry using double loop of Inoue balloon catheter in a child with small left atrium.