PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL VALVULOPLASTY WITH THE INOUE TECHNIQUE IN A PATIENT WITH HEAVILY CALCIFIED INTERATRIAL SEPTUM

Authors
ALFONSO F HERNANDEZ R BANUELOS C ZAMORANO J GOICOLEA J SEGOVIA J FERNANDEZORTIZ A MACAYA C
Citation
F. Alfonso et al., PERCUTANEOUS MITRAL VALVULOPLASTY WITH THE INOUE TECHNIQUE IN A PATIENT WITH HEAVILY CALCIFIED INTERATRIAL SEPTUM, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 39(1), 1996, pp. 82-84
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
39
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
82 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1996)39:1<82:PMVWTI>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A 75-year-old woman with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis was admitted for percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty. Two-dimensional echocardiograp hy disclosed severe calcification of the posterolateral left atrial wa ll and interatrial septum. Percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty, using th e Inoue technique, was successfully performed after a transseptal punc ture through the calcified interatrial septum, avoiding the need for s urgical intervention. (C) 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.