PERCUTANEOUS TRANSVENOUS MITRAL COMMISSUROTOMY USING INOUE BALLOON CATHETER - A LEFT FEMORAL VEIN APPROACH

Authors
PATEL TM DANI SI RAWAL JR SHAH SC PATEL TK
Citation
Tm. Patel et al., PERCUTANEOUS TRANSVENOUS MITRAL COMMISSUROTOMY USING INOUE BALLOON CATHETER - A LEFT FEMORAL VEIN APPROACH, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 36(2), 1995, pp. 186-187
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
186 - 187
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1995)36:2<186:PTMCUI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy by the Inoue technique is usually recommended from right femoral vein approach only. We repor t an unusual patient in whom the left femoral vein approach was used s uccessfully. We believe that the left femoral vein approach can be res erved as a last resort in certain cases. (C) 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.